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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/victims-and-prisoners-act-2024-commencement-no-6-regulations-2025/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2025/616",
  "legislation_title": "The Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 (Commencement No. 6) Regulations 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/victims-and-prisoners-act-2024-commencement-no-6-regulations-2025",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations bring into force section 17 of the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 (c. 21) (“the 2024 Act”) on 1st June 2025 for the purpose of making regulations and on 1st October 2025 for all other purposes. These are the sixth commencement Regulations made under the 2024 Act.\nSection 17 of the 2024 Act provides that a provision in an agreement is void in so far as it purports to preclude the making of a disclosure of information by a victim of crime, or a person who reasonably believes they are a victim of crime, to certain specified bodies (including those with law enforcement functions, qualified lawyers and individuals who provide a service to support victims) for certain specified purposes related to the criminal conduct.\nA full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/616/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:15:39.782520+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."
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