For the purposes of section 8A of the Act, the maximum amount in relation to a category C act of violence (apart from regulation 7 or 8) is prescribed as the maximum amount in relation to a category D act of violence where—
(a) as a result of the act of violence, the victim has been the victim of related criminal acts of violence; or
(b) at the date of the occurrence of the act of violence or, in the case of related criminal acts of violence, any of those acts, the victim was a child under the age of 18, elderly or impaired.
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