{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-infected-blood-compensation-scheme-regulations-2025/regulation-28",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-infected-blood-compensation-scheme-regulations-2025/regulation-28.json",
  "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/28",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "28",
  "heading": "Severe health conditions",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of this Section—\n(a) a person has a severe health condition if they have any of the conditions mentioned in sub-paragraph (b);\n(b) subject to paragraph (2), a person—\n(i) has severe sight impairment if they are to be treated as such in accordance with paragraph 2 of Schedule 2;\n(ii) has a neurological condition resulting in long-term severe physical disability if they are to be treated as such in accordance with paragraph 3 of Schedule 2;\n(iii) has a neurological condition resulting in long-term severe neurocognitive impairment if they are to be treated as such in accordance with paragraph 4 of Schedule 2;\n(iv) has a severe psychiatric condition if they are to be treated as such in accordance with paragraph 5 of Schedule 2;\n(v) has end-stage kidney disease requiring renal replacement therapy if they are to be treated as such in accordance with paragraph 6 of Schedule 2;\n(vi) has a Hepatitis-associated condition resulting in long-term severe disability if they are to be treated as such in accordance with paragraph 7 of Schedule 2.\n(2) For the purposes of this Section, an eligible infected person (“P”) has a severe health condition in each year of the severe health condition period.\n(3) The severe health condition in relation to P is the period which—\n(a) begins with—\n(i) in relation to end-stage kidney disease requiring renal replacement therapy, the year in which the course of that therapy exceeded 3 months;\n(ii) in relation to any other severe health condition, the year in which P was first diagnosed with the severe health condition, and\n(b) ends with the earlier of—\n(i) where P had end-stage kidney disease requiring renal replacement therapy and before the date of the application P had received a successful kidney transplant which obviated the need for renal replacement therapy, the year in which P received that treatment,\n(ii) if P is deceased on the date of the application, the year in which P died, or\n(iii) if P is not deceased on the date of the application, the year in which P attained, or is expected to attain, the age of their healthy life expectancy.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2025/9780348268843/regulation/28",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:39:35.762697+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}