# The Infected Blood Compensation Scheme Regulations 2025, Regulation 57: Eligibility for an affected supplemental payment


(1) This regulation applies to an eligible affected person (“Q”)—
(a) if Q is—
(i) a disabled child of a deceased eligible infected person (“P”) and Q is aged 18 or over,
(ii) a parent of P, or
(iii) a sibling of P, and
(b) if—
(i) where Q is a parent or a sibling of P, paragraph (2) applies to Q;
(ii) where Q is a disabled child of P, paragraph (2) or (3) applies to Q.
(2) This paragraph applies to Q if—
(a) Q was financially dependent upon P on the date of P’s death and had been so financially dependent for the period of 6 months immediately preceding that date,
(b) but for P’s death, Q had a reasonable expectation of receiving continued financial support from P, and
(c) before P died, P had not accepted any offer for an IBCS payment.
(3) This paragraph applies to Q if—
(a) Q is a child of P and another eligible infected person,
(b) P1 and P2 had both died when Q was aged 17 or under,
(c) no IBCS payment was made in relation to either P1 or P2 on or before their respective dates of death,
(d) Q was financially dependent upon P1 or P2 (or both) on the date of P1’s death by virtue of being a disabled child of P1 and P2 and being aged 17 or under,
(e) Q was financially dependent on P2 on the date of P2’s death by virtue of being a disabled child of P1 and P2 and being aged 17 or under, and
(f) Q had a reasonable expectation of receiving continued financial support from P1 or P2 (or both) by virtue of being a disabled child of P1 and P2 and being aged 18 or over.
(4) For the purposes of this Chapter—
(a) a child is disabled if they have a disability within the meaning of section 6 of the Equality Act 2010;
(b) Q is financially dependent upon P if Q was dependent upon P for all or most of Q’s living expenses, including where Q receives contributions in kind towards those living expenses.
(5) In this regulation and regulation 58—
(a) “P1” refers to the eligible infected person who has the earliest date of death;
(b) “P2” refers to the eligible infected person who has the latest date of death.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2025/9780348268843/regulation/57 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-infected-blood-compensation-scheme-regulations-2025/regulation-57
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