{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-victim-surcharge-scotland-regulations-2019/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-victim-surcharge-scotland-regulations-2019/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "sdsi/2019/9780111042793",
  "legislation_title": "The Victim Surcharge (Scotland) Regulations 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-victim-surcharge-scotland-regulations-2019",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Making payments out of the Fund",
  "text": "(1) No payments may be made from the Fund prior to 25 May 2020.\n(2) A payment from the Fund may only be made by the Scottish Ministers to a relevant person where—\n(a) the relevant person has made a written application to the Scottish Ministers for payment, and\n(b) the Scottish Ministers have approved that application for payment.\n(3) Without prejudice to the Scottish Ministers’ ability to approve or reject an application for payment from the Fund, the Scottish Ministers may reject an application for payment from the Fund where the Scottish Ministers consider that there are insufficient monies in the Fund.\n(4) Subject to paragraph (5), payments made from the Fund in accordance with paragraph (2) may be made subject to such conditions as the Scottish Ministers consider appropriate.\n(5) All payments made from the Fund in accordance with paragraph (2) must be made subject to conditions which require—\n(a) the payment to be used for a purpose or purposes specified by the Scottish Ministers, and\n(b) the recipient of the payment to repay the monies to the Scottish Ministers, on the Scottish Ministers’ demand, if a condition attaching to the payment is not complied with.\n(6) For the purposes of paragraph (2), a written application includes an application submitted to the Scottish Ministers electronically.\n(7) In this regulation, “relevant person” means a person who provides or secures the provision of support services for persons who are or appear to be victims of crime.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2019/9780111042793/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:32:17.001831+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}