Regulation 51 Affected social impact award

(1)

The affected core award in relation to an eligible affected person (“Q”) must include an amount by way of an affected social impact award for the purpose of compensating for the past and future social consequences on Q of the infection contracted by the eligible infected person (“P”) in relation to whom Q is an eligible affected person, including stigma and social isolation.

(2)

Subject to paragraphs (4) to (6), the amount of the affected social impact award is—

(a)

£12,000, where Q is—

(i)

a partner of P;

(ii)

a parent of P, and P is aged 17 or under during the first year of infection;

(iii)

a child of P, and Q is aged 17 or under during the first year of infection;

(iv)

a sibling of P to whom paragraph (3) applies;

(b)

£8,000, where Q is—

(i)

a parent of P, and P is aged 18 or over during the first year of infection;

(ii)

a child of P, and Q is aged 18 or over during the first year of infection;

(iii)

a sibling of P to whom paragraph (3) does not apply;

(iv)

an unremunerated carer of P.

(3)

This paragraph applies to a sibling of P where, during the continuous period described in the definition of “sibling of an eligible infected person” in regulation 4(3), P had been infected for a period of at least 24 months.

(4)

Where Q is an eligible infected person, or an eligible affected person in relation to more than one eligible infected person and an affected core payment has previously been made in relation to Q, the amount of the affected social impact award is A – B, where—

(a)

“A” is the amount of the affected social impact award that would (but for this paragraph) be determined in accordance with paragraph (2);

(b)

“B” is the sum of—

(i)

any social impact (core) award determined in relation to Q in accordance with regulation 17, and

(ii)

any affected social impact awards determined in relation to Q in accordance with this regulation in respect of any previous affected core applications.

(5)

For the purposes of paragraph (4), where A – B is less than £0, the amount of the affected social impact award is £0.

(6)

For the purposes of this regulation, where Q, or, as the case may be, P, attains the age of 18 during the first year of infection, they are to be treated as if they attained the age of 18 on the day immediately following the last day of the first year of infection.