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Riot Compensation Act 2016
2016 CHAPTER 8
An Act to repeal the Riot (Damages) Act 1886 and make provision about types of claims, procedures, decision-making and limits on awards payable in relation to a new compensation scheme for property damaged, destroyed or stolen in the course of riots.[23rd March 2016]
Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
Claims for compensation
1Claims for compensation for riot damage etc
(1) Where—
- (a) a person’s property has been damaged, destroyed or stolen in the course of a riot,
- (b) the property is property in respect of which a claim may be made under this subsection (see section 2(1)), and
- (c) the property was not insured, or was not adequately insured, for the damage, destruction or theft,
the person may claim compensation from the appropriate local policing body.
(2) Where—
- (a) a person’s property has been damaged, destroyed or stolen in the course of a riot,
- (b) the property is property in respect of which a claim may be made under this subsection (see section 2(2)), and
- (c) an insurance company has (to any extent) met a claim by the person under a policy of insurance in respect of the damage, destruction or theft,
the insurance company may claim compensation from the appropriate local policing body.
