1Citation and interpretation#
(1)These Regulations may be cited as the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 (Commencement No. 12 and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026.
(2)In these Regulations, “the 2024 Act” means the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024.
2Commencement of section 18#
Section 18 of the 2024 Act (restricting parental responsibility where one parent kills the other) comes into force on 18th December 2026.
3Transitional provision#
(1)The amendments made by section 18 of the 2024 Act apply only in relation to offences committed on or after 18th December 2026.
(2)For the purposes of paragraph (1), where an offence is found to have been committed over a period of 2 or more days, or at some time during a period of 2 or more days, it must be taken to have been committed on the last of those days.
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