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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-infected-blood-compensation-scheme-amendment-regulations-2025/regulation-4",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2025/9780348276077",
  "legislation_title": "The Infected Blood Compensation Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-infected-blood-compensation-scheme-amendment-regulations-2025",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Amendments relating to the eligibility of affected persons",
  "text": "(1) In regulation 2, in paragraph (1), in the definition of “relevant date”, in paragraph (b)—\n(a) for sub-paragraph (i) substitute—\n“(i) where either (but not both) of Q or the eligible infected person in respect of whom Q is an eligible affected person (“P”) is deceased on the date of Q’s affected core application, the date that person died;”;\n(b) after sub-paragraph (i) insert—\n“(ia) where both of Q and P are deceased on the date of Q’s affected core application, the date of death of the first of them to die;”.\n(2) In regulation 4 (meaning of “eligible affected person”)—\n(a) in paragraph (1)—\n(i) in the opening words, omit “they are not deceased, and”;\n(ii) after the opening words insert—\n“(za) they—\n(i) are not deceased, or\n(ii) died during the period which begins on 21st May 2024 and ends on 31st March 2031,”;\n(b) after paragraph (1) insert—\n“(1A) A person is also an eligible affected person if—\n(a) they fall within paragraph (1)(za), and\n(b) they are, or immediately before they died were, an affected SSP recipient.”;\n(c) in paragraph (2), in the definition of “partner of an eligible infected person”, after the opening words insert—\n“(za) a person who is an eligible affected person by virtue of paragraph (1A),”.\n(3) In regulation 48 (applications for affected core payments)—\n(a) in paragraph (4), after sub-paragraph (c) insert—\n“(ca) if A is deceased on the date of the application, the date of A’s death,”;\n(b) in paragraph (5)(b), after “A is” insert “, or immediately before death was,”;\n(c) in paragraph (7), at the end insert “or, where A is deceased, A’s personal representative”;\n(d) in paragraph (8), in sub-paragraph (a), after “on behalf of A” insert “or, where A is deceased, A’s personal representative”.\n(4) In regulation 53—\n(a) in paragraph (5), for sub-paragraph (b) substitute—\n“(b) which ends with—\n(i) the year in which P was expected to attain the age of their healthy life expectancy, or\n(ii) if Q died before that year, the year in which Q died.”;\n(b) in paragraph (6), for sub-paragraph (b) substitute—\n“(b) which ends with—\n(i) the year in which Q attains the age of 18, or\n(ii) if Q died before that year, the year in which Q died.”;\n(c) in paragraph (7), for sub-paragraph (b) substitute—\n“(b) ending with—\n(i) the year in which Q attains the age of 18, or\n(ii) if Q died before that year, the year in which Q died.”.\n(5) In regulation 58—\n(a) in paragraph (2)—\n(i) in sub-paragraph (a)(ii), at the beginning insert “subject to paragraph (2A),”;\n(ii) in sub-paragraph (c)(ii), at the beginning insert “subject to paragraph (2A),”;\n(b) after paragraph (2) insert—\n“(2A) If Q died before the year which would otherwise be the end of a period as described in paragraph (2)(a)(ii) or (c)(ii), then the period instead ends with the year in which Q died.”.\n(6) In regulation 76 (requirement to make an IBCS payment), in paragraph (7)(b)—\n(a) omit the “or” at the end of paragraph (i);\n(b) for paragraph (ii) substitute—\n“(ii) the IBCA is notified that R has died, or”;\n(c) after paragraph (ii) insert—\n“(iii) it appears to the IBCA that no affected core application may be made to establish that N is an eligible affected person in relation to R.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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