Regulation 41 Further infected core payments: general

(1)

A payment (a “further infected core payment”) is to be made under the IBCS in relation to an eligible infected person (“P”) in accordance with this Section.

(2)

P is eligible for a further infected core payment where—

(a)

an offer to make an infected core payment in relation to P has been accepted, and

(b)

since the date of that acceptance, P has been diagnosed with—

(i)

an infection which would cause them to be an eligible infected person if it were their first infection (a “new infection”), or

(ii)

an increase in the severity of any Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C infection which causes the infection to fall within a higher severity level.

(3)

The IBCA must make a further infected core payment in relation to P where—

(a)

an application has been made in relation to P in accordance with regulation 42 and Chapter 2 of Part 6,

(b)

the IBCA has determined that P is eligible for a further infected core payment in accordance with regulation 70(6),

(c)

the IBCA has made an offer to make the further infected core payment, and

(d)

that offer has been accepted.

(4)

In this Section—

“further core application” means an application for a further infected core payment;
“further diagnosis” means the diagnosis mentioned in paragraph (2)(b).