Regulation 16 Injury (core) award

(1)

The infected core award in relation to an eligible infected person (“P”) must include an amount by way of an injury (core) award for the purpose of compensating for—

(a)

past and future physical and mental injury;

(b)

emotional distress and injury to feelings caused by, or that will in the future be felt as a result of, the infection and treatments for it.

(2)

The amount of the injury (core) award is, where on the relevant date P has a single infection of—

(a)

Hepatitis C of severity level 1, £10,000;

(b)

Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C, and the severity of the infection is—

(i)

level 2, £60,000;

(ii)

level 3, £120,000;

(iii)

level 4, £180,000;

(c)

Hepatitis B of severity level 5, £180,000;

(d)

HIV, £180,000.

(3)

The amount of the injury (core) award is, where on the relevant date P has a co-infection of—

(a)

Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C (but not HIV), and the severity of the infection is—

(i)

level 2, £75,000;

(ii)

level 3, £150,000;

(iii)

level 4, £225,000;

(b)

HIV and—

(i)

Hepatitis C of severity level 1, £182,500;

(ii)

Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C (or both), and the severity of the infection is—

(aa)

level 2, £195,000;

(bb)

level 3, £240,000;

(cc)

level 4, £270,000;

(iii)

Hepatitis B of severity level 5, £270,000.