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The Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 (Commencement No. 12 and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026

S.I. 2026/1126 · Made 22 October 2026

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DOMESTIC ABUSE, ENGLAND AND WALES

FAMILY LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 22nd October 2026

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 81(2) and (3)(a) of the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2024 c. 21.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and interpretation
  2. 2Commencement of section 18
  3. 3Transitional provision
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

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.

Signature

Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State

Jake Richards

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Ministry of Justice

22nd October 2026

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations bring into force section 18 of the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 (c. 21) (“the 2024 Act”). These are the twelfth commencement Regulations made under the 2024 Act.

Regulation 2 brings into force section 18 of the 2024 Act which inserts sections 10A and 10B into the Children Act 1989 (c. 41).

Regulation 3 provides that the amendments made by section 18 of the 2024 Act apply only in relation to offences committed on or after 18 December 2026. Where an offence is committed over a period of more than a day, or a date range for the offence being committed is provided, it is treated as having been committed on the last day for the purpose of the regulation.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this statutory instrument as no impact, or significant impact, on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.