{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/victims-and-prisoners-act-2024-commencement-no-7-regulations-2025/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/victims-and-prisoners-act-2024-commencement-no-7-regulations-2025/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2025/731",
  "legislation_title": "The Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 (Commencement No. 7) Regulations 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/victims-and-prisoners-act-2024-commencement-no-7-regulations-2025",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Provisions coming into force on 25th June 2025",
  "text": "The following provisions of the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 come into force on 25th June 2025—\n(a) Section 21 (victim impact statements to mental health tribunals (restricted patients));\n(b) Section 34(6)(a) and (7) (meaning of “major incident” etc);\n(c) Section 35 (appointment of standing advocate);\n(d) Section 36(3)(a) (appointment of advocates in respect of major incidents);\n(e) The remainder of section 40 (role of advocates under Part 1 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009);\n(f) Section 41(1), (2), (6)(b) and (7)(b) (reports to the Secretary of State);\n(g) Section 42(1)(a) (publication of reports);\n(h) Section 43(a) (information sharing and data protection).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/731/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:14:32.272651+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."
}