Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Riot Compensation (Amendment) Regulations 2018 and come into force on 1st October 2018.

Amendment of the Riot Compensation Regulations 2017

2. —(1)The Riot Compensation Regulations 2017( 2 ) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 3 (multiple interest claims)—

(a) in paragraph (1), for “a legal” substitute “an”;

(b) in paragraph (2)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (a), for the words from “of those” to the end substitute “(if any) of those premises, a person who has an interest in the property includes a person who is an insurer, mortgagee, freeholder, leaseholder or tenant of it;”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (b), for the words from “of those” to the end substitute—

“ (if any) of those premises, a person who has an interest in the property includes a person who—

(i) is an insurer, mortgagee, freeholder, leaseholder or tenant of it; or

(ii) is using it for the purposes of a business; ” ;

(iii) after sub-paragraph (b), insert—

“ (c) in the case of any property which does not fall within sub-paragraph (a) or (b), a person who has an interest in it includes a person who is an insurer, owner or joint owner of it. ” .

(3) In regulation 4 (claim consolidation)—

(a) in paragraph (1)—

(i) after “relation to”, insert “each of the following”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (a), for “the same” substitute “a single”;

(iii) after sub-paragraph (a), omit “or”;

(iv) for sub-paragraph (b), substitute—

“ (b) property which does not fall within sub-paragraph (a). ” ;

(b) omit paragraph (2).

(4) In regulation 7 (details and evidence in support of a claim), in paragraph (2)(b), after “compensation” insert “under that policy”.

(5) In regulation 9 (compensation in relation to ordinary claims: general provisions), in paragraph (b), for “that” to the end substitute—

“ that—

(i) it is so insured (whether or not the insurance policy makes specific provision in relation to riots), and

(ii) the ordinary claimant has been compensated under the insurance policy, ” .

(6) In regulation 12 (compensation in relation to insurer claims: motor vehicle and stock in trade exceptions), in the heading, omit “motor vehicle and”.

(7) In regulation 14 (deduction of compensation from ordinary claim where compensation already provided out of public funds), in paragraph (3), in the definition of “local authority”—

(a) in paragraph (b), omit “metropolitan”;

(b) for paragraph (c) substitute—

“ (c) a combined authority established under section 103 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 ( 3 ) , ” ;

(c) in paragraph (d), omit “(in Wales)”;

(8) In regulation 23 (decision on review), in paragraph (2)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (b), after “the claimant” insert “or representative (if any)”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (c), after “inform the claimant” insert “or representative (if any)”.