Regulation 60 Amount, and payment, of an IBCA support scheme payment

(1)

The amount of the IBCA support scheme payment in relation to an eligible IBSS recipient (“E”) is the sum of—

(a)

the remaining IBSS winter fuel payment (if any),

(b)

the remaining IBSS category amount (if any),

(c)

the support scheme winter fuel payment (see regulation 61), and

(d)

the IBSS amount determined in accordance with regulation 62 or 63.

(2)

The remaining IBSS winter fuel payment (“I”) is to be calculated as FP – IBSS FP, where—

(a)

“FP” is £670;

(b)

“IBSS FP” is the total amount of any payments made in relation to E by an infected blood support scheme in respect of the IBSS transfer year for the purpose of helping E meet expenses for heating which have been or are likely to be incurred in cold weather,

but if “I” is less than £0, it is to be treated as £0.

(3)

The remaining IBSS category payment is to be calculated as A – B, where

(a)

“A” is the IBSS category amount for the IBSS transfer year;

(b)

“B” is the sum of any IBSS instalments made in relation to E by an infected blood support scheme for that year.

(4)

For the purposes of paragraph (3)—

(a)

the “IBSS category amount” is the amount payable by an infected blood support scheme in relation to E for the IBSS transfer year which corresponds to—

(i)

where E is an IBSS-registered infected person, the amount specified in column 3 of the table in regulation 62 for the IBSS payment category which applied to E on 31st March 2025 or would have applied to E on that date had E been an IBSS-registered infected person on that date;

(ii)

where E is an IBSS-registered affected person, 75% of the amount specified in column 3 of that table for the IBSS payment category which applied on 31st March 2025 to the person (“A”) in relation to whom E is an IBSS-registered affected person or would have applied to A on that date;

(b)

an “IBSS instalment” is a monthly or quarterly instalment of an IBSS category amount made in relation to E by an infected blood support scheme.

(5)

The IBCA support scheme payment must be made in relation to E as follows—

(a)

the remaining IBSS winter fuel payment (if any) must be paid on, or as soon as reasonably practicable after, the IBSS transfer date;

(b)

the remaining IBSS category amount (if any) must be paid in—

(i)

(12 – X) monthly instalments, where “X” is the number of monthly IBSS instalments made in relation to E in the IBSS transfer year, or

(ii)

where paragraph (6) applies, (4 – Y) quarterly instalments, where “Y” is the number of quarterly IBSS instalments made in relation to E in the IBSS transfer year.

and the remaining instalment, or, if there is more than one remaining instalment, the first such instalment, must be paid on, or as soon as reasonably practicable after, the IBSS transfer date;

(c)

the support scheme winter fuel payment must be paid as a lump sum in each year of the Part 5 period;

(d)

the IBSS amount is to be paid in each year of the Part 5 period—

(i)

in 12 monthly instalments, or

(ii)

where paragraph (6) applies, in 4 quarterly instalments.

(6)

This paragraph applies where, on or before 31st March 2025, support scheme payments were being made by an infected blood support scheme in relation to E every 3 months.

(7)

The annual amount of the support scheme winter fuel payment and the annual amount of the IBSS amount are to be compounded on 1st April 2026, and each following 1st April, by the consumer price index over the 12-month period ending with the September immediately before that 1st April.

(8)

But paragraph (7) does not apply to the amount specified in regulation 63(3).