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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-infected-blood-compensation-scheme-regulations-2025/regulation-21",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2025/9780348268843",
  "legislation_title": "The Infected Blood Compensation Scheme Regulations 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-infected-blood-compensation-scheme-regulations-2025",
  "path": "regulation/21",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Care (core) award",
  "text": "(1) The infected core award in relation to an eligible infected person (“P”) must include an amount by way of a care (core) award for the purpose of compensating for—\n(a) loss incurred in respect of the cost of care necessitated by P’s infection, and\n(b) except where P is an infected SSP recipient, the cost of the future care needs for that person.\n(2) Where P had a Hepatitis B infection of level 5, the amount of the care (core) award in relation to P is £41,188.40.\n(3) Where P is not deceased, the amount of the care (core) award in relation to P is—\n(a) where on the relevant date P has a single infection of Hepatitis C of severity level 1, £500;\n(b) where on the relevant date P has Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C (or both, but not HIV) and the severity of P’s infection is—\n(i) level 2, £54,600;\n(ii) level 3, £195,148.32;\n(iii) level 4, £446,751.74;\n(c) where on the relevant date P has HIV (whether or not they also have Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C), £679,756.62.\n(4) Where P is deceased and P’s period of infection was equal to or longer than the relevant period, the amount of the care (core) award in relation to P is—\n(a) where P had a single infection of Hepatitis C of severity level 1, £500;\n(b) where P had Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C (or both, but not HIV) and the severity of P’s infection at the time of their death was—\n(i) level 2, £40,950;\n(ii) level 3, £146,361.24;\n(iii) level 4, £335,063.81;\n(c) where P had HIV (whether or not they also had Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C), £509,817.47.\n(5) Where P is deceased and P’s period of infection was less than the relevant period, the amount of the care (core) award in relation to P is the sum of the amounts determined as set out in paragraph (6) or (7).\n(6) Where P had Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C (or both, but not HIV) and the severity of P’s infection at the time of their death was—\n(a) level 2, the amount for each year of P’s infection is £4,095;\n(b) level 3, the amount for—\n(i) each of the first 6 years of P’s infection is £17,568.54;\n(ii) each subsequent year of P’s infection is £4,095;\n(c) level 4, the amount for—\n(i) the first 6 months of P’s infection is £41,188.49;\n(ii) the subsequent year of P’s infection is £47,056.80;\n(iii) the subsequent 6 months of P’s infection is £23,528.40;\n(iv) each of the subsequent 2 years of P’s infection is £38,464.44;\n(v) each of the subsequent 6 years of P’s infection is £17,568.54;\n(vi) each subsequent year of P’s infection is £4,095.\n(7) Where P had HIV (whether or not they also had Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C), the amount for—\n(a) the first 6 months of P’s infection is £41,188.49;\n(b) the subsequent year of P’s infection is £47,056.80;\n(c) the subsequent 6 months of P’s infection is £23,528.40;\n(d) each of the subsequent 7 years of P’s infection is £38,464.44;\n(e) each of the subsequent 5 years of P’s infection is £17,568.54;\n(f) each subsequent year of P’s infection is £4,095.\n(8) For the purposes of paragraphs (6) and (7), where P died partway through a period for which an amount is specified, they are to be treated as having died at the end of that period (and, accordingly, the care (core) award comprises the full amount in relation to that period).\n(9) In this regulation—\n“P’s period of infection” means the period beginning with P’s first year of infection and ending with the year in which P died;\n“the relevant period” means, where P had—\n(a) Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C (or both, but not HIV), and the severity of P’s infection at the time of their death was—\n(i) level 2, 10 years;\n(ii) level 3, 16 years;\n(iii) level 4, 20 years;\n(b) HIV (whether or not they also had Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C), 24 years.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2025/9780348268843/regulation/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:39:35.762697+00:00"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}