# The Infected Blood Compensation Scheme Regulations 2025, Regulation 52: Affected autonomy award


(1) The affected core award in relation to an eligible affected person (“Q”) must include an amount by way of an affected autonomy award for the purpose of compensating for the distress and suffering caused by the impact of the infection contracted by the eligible infected person (“P”) in relation to whom Q is an eligible affected person, and on the interference with Q’s family and private life and autonomy, including any—
(a) loss of marriage or partnership prospects;
(b) loss of the opportunity to have children;
(c) impact on Q of attacks on Q’s home as a consequence of the infection.
(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) to (5), the amount of the affected autonomy award is—
(a) £16,000, where Q is a partner of P;
(b) £6,600, where Q is—
(i) a parent of P, and P is aged 17 or under during the first year of infection;
(ii) a child of P, and Q is aged 17 or under during the first year of infection;
(c) £0, 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;
(iv) an unremunerated carer of P.
(3) 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 autonomy award is A – B, where—
(a) “A” is the amount of the affected autonomy award that would (but for this paragraph) be determined in accordance with paragraph (2);
(b) “B” is the sum of—
(i) any autonomy (core) award determined in relation to Q in accordance with regulation 18, and
(ii) any affected autonomy awards determined in relation to Q in accordance with this regulation in respect of any previous affected core applications.
(4) For the purposes of paragraph (4), where A – B is less than £0, the amount of the affected autonomy award is £0.
(5) 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2025/9780348268843/regulation/52 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-infected-blood-compensation-scheme-regulations-2025/regulation-52
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