{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/victim-surcharge-fund-prescribed-relatives-scotland-regulations-2019/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/victim-surcharge-fund-prescribed-relatives-scotland-regulations-2019/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2019/282",
  "legislation_title": "The Victim Surcharge Fund (Prescribed Relatives) (Scotland) Regulations 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/victim-surcharge-fund-prescribed-relatives-scotland-regulations-2019",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Prescribed relatives",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the following persons are prescribed relatives for the purposes of section 253G(3) and (8) of the Act—\n(a) any person who is married to, or in a civil partnership with, the victim,\n(b) any person who is living together with the victim as if they are married and have been so living together for a minimum period of 6 months,\n(c) children or step-children of the victim,\n(d) parents or step-parents of the victim,\n(e) grandparents or great-grandparents of the victim,\n(f) grandchildren or great-grandchildren of the victim,\n(g) siblings of the victim,\n(h) aunts or uncles of the victim,\n(i) nephews or nieces of the victim,\n(j) cousins of the victim,\n(k) a person who cares for the victim within the meaning of paragraph 20 of schedule 12 of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010,\n(l) where the victim cares for a person within the meaning of paragraph 20 of schedule 12 of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010, that person,\n(m) a person who is a guardian of the victim, or someone for whom the victim is a guardian, appointed under the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 or the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000,\n(n) a person who is a foster carer of the victim, or someone for whom the victim is a foster carer, within the meaning of section 96(1)(c) of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007,\n(o) a person who is a foster carer or kinship carer of the victim, or someone for whom the victim is a foster carer or kinship carer, within the meaning of regulation 2 of the Looked After Children (Scotland) Regulations 2009,\n(p) a continuing attorney of the victim, or someone for whom the victim is a continuing attorney, within the meaning of section 15(2) of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000, and\n(q) a welfare attorney of the victim, or someone for whom the victim is a welfare attorney within the meaning of section 16(2) of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000.\n(2) Where the victim is deceased and any person would have been a prescribed relative of the victim under paragraph (1) but for the victim’s death, that person is a prescribed relative for the purposes of section 253G(3) and (8) of the Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2010 asp 8."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1995 c.36."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2000 asp 4."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "2007 asp 14."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2009/210, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2019/282/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:06:10.748020+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."
}