• “(2A) Subpart 2 of Part 2 must be read with the following related enactments:

  • “(a) the Legal Services Act 2011, which facilitates the granting of legal aid in respect of victims’ claims proceedings under subpart 2 of Part 2 of this Act; and

  • “(b) the Privacy Act 1993, which enables the Ministry of Justice to have access to Police records on offender identity and victim identity for the purpose of providing assistance to victims in accordance with this Act; and

  • “(c) the Victims’ Rights Act 2002, which requires the Secretary for Justice to request, for the purposes of a notice under section 20 of this Act, the current address (including the full name) of a victim who has asked for notice of certain matters under that Act.”

• “(4) The purpose of subpart 4 of Part 2 is to ensure that after 30 June 2013 generally only the following provisions apply or continue to apply to specified claims made before 1 July 2013, money to be paid as compensation in respect of claims of that kind, and victims' claims against money of that kind:

  • “(a) the provisions of this Act as in force immediately before 1 July 2013; and

  • “(b) this subsection and subpart 4 of Part 2 as inserted or substituted, but nothing else in this Act after it is amended, on 1 July 2013 by the Prisoners' and Victims' Claims (Continuation and Reform) Amendment Act 2012.”

• “(h) a person who is detained unlawfully—

  • “(i) immediately after, or because of recall or other return to custody after, ceasing to be a person to whom any of paragraphs (a) to (g) applied; and

  • “(ii) in the same manner as if he or she were a person to whom any of paragraphs (a) to (g) applies; and

  • “(iii) by or on behalf of the Crown (as defined in section 6(2))”.

• “(1) This subpart applies only to proceedings—

  • “(a) in or before a court or tribunal; and

  • “(b) in which 1 or more specified claims are made; and

  • “(c) commenced on or after 1 July 2013.”

“64A Limitation periods to which section 64B applies

• Section 64B applies to every applicable limitation period for an action based on a claim—

  • “(a) made by or on behalf of a victim after the commencement, on 1 July 2013, of section 64B; and

  • “(b) made against an offender and against money received under section 17 that is compensation in respect of a specified claim of the offender made after 30 June 2013; and

  • “(c) based on acts done or omitted to be done (whether before or after the commencement, on 1 July 2013, of section 64B) by the offender in committing the offence.

“64B Limitation periods suspended until standard deadline for filing of victims' claims under this Act

• The limitation periods to which this section applies cease to run for the action against the offender and the money received under section 17 until the standard deadline (specified in section 28(3)) for the filing of a victim's claim in the victims' claims process under subpart 2.”

“Subpart 4—Specified claims made before 1 July 2013, related compensation, and related victims' claims

“64C Pre-1 July 2013 Act generally continues to apply

• “(1) After 30 June 2013, the following provisions apply or continue to apply to specified claims made before 1 July 2013, money to be paid as compensation in respect of claims of that kind, and victims' claims against money of that kind:

  • “(a) the provisions of this Act as in force immediately before 1 July 2013; and

  • “(b) section 3(4) and this subpart as inserted or substituted, but nothing else in this Act after it is amended, on 1 July 2013 by the Prisoners' and Victims' Claims (Continuation and Reform) Amendment Act 2012.

  “(2) Despite subsection (1), the amendments made by sections 6 and 7 of the Prisoners' and Victims' Claims (Continuation and Reform) Amendment Act 2012 have effect (subject to the saving in subsection (3)) as from this Act's commencement, on 4 June 2005.

  “(3) The amendments made by sections 6 and 7 of the Prisoners' and Victims' Claims (Continuation and Reform) Amendment Act 2012 do not apply to proceedings commenced before 3 December 2012 except insofar as those proceedings are on or after that date amended to challenge a matter—

  • “(a) made clear by those amendments; and

  • “(b) not challenged expressly in those proceedings before that date.”