Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretationI1

—These Regulations may be cited as the Riot Compensation Regulations 2017 and come into force on 6th April 2017.

In these Regulations—

• “the Act” means the Riot Compensation Act 2016;

• “Authority” means the appropriate local policing body or a person to whom it has delegated functions under regulation 8(1);

• “business premises” means premises used wholly or partly for the purposes of a business;

• “claimant”, except in regulation 2, means an ordinary claimant or insurer claimant;

• “first payment date” means the date or, if there is more than one such date, the first date on which compensation is paid in relation to a section 1 claim;

• “insurer claim” means a claim for compensation under section 1(2) of the Act;

• “insurer claimant” means an insurance company making an insurer claim;

• “ordinary claim” means a claim for compensation under section 1(1) of the Act;

• “ordinary claimant” means a person making an ordinary claim;

• “representative” means a person acting on behalf of an ordinary claimant;

• “residential premises” means premises normally used as one or more dwellings;

• “section 1 claim” means a claim for compensation under section 1(1) or (2) of the Act.