The Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 (Commencement No. 8) Regulations 2025

• Citation: S.I. 2025/1168
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 (Commencement No. 8) Regulations 2025.

(2) In these Regulations, “ the 2024 Act ” means the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024.

Section 2 Provision coming into force on 7th November 2025

Section 20 of the 2024 Act (child victims of domestic abuse) comes into force on 7th November 2025, in so far as it relates to the insertion of section 49A (arrangements to notify schools etc) into the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 .

Section 3 Provisions coming into force on 12th January 2026

The following provisions of the 2024 Act come into force on 12th January 2026—

(a) section 28 (information relating to victims);

(b) section 29 (information relating to victims: service police etc);

(c) section 30 (review of provisions relating to counselling information requests).