# The Infected Blood Compensation Scheme Regulations 2024 (revoked) S.I. 2024/872 · made 22 August 2024 · revised to 31 March 2025 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/infected-blood-compensation-scheme-regulations-2024-revoked/pdf/uksi_20240872_en.pdf; UK Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/infected-blood-compensation-scheme-regulations-2024-revoked/pdf/uksiem_20240872_en_001.pdf ## Introductory text Regulations made by the Minister for the Cabinet Office, laid before Parliament under section 79(6) and (7) of the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament within twenty-eight days beginning with the day on which the Regulations were made, subject to extension for periods of dissolution, prorogation or adjournment for more than four days. Payment Scheme Made 22nd August 2024 Laid before Parliament at 10.00 a.m. on 23rd August 2024 Coming into force at 11.00 p.m. on 23rd August 2024 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 1: General ## 1 Citation, commencement and extent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 2: Establishment and administration of the infected blood compensation scheme ## 3 Establishment of the Scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Eligibility criteria for appointment as a member of the IBCA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Cessation of disqualification from eligibility for appointment to the IBCA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Duties of the IBCA in relation to sums repaid to it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: Meaning of “eligible infected person” ## 7 Meaning of “eligible infected person” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 4: Compensation payments – core route ### Chapter 1: Preliminary ## 8 Compensation payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Person to whom a compensation payment is to be paid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Compensation payments – offer and acceptance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 2: Determining the amount of a compensation payment ## 11 Amount of a compensation payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Court and other payments: avoidance of double recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Amount of periodic payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Injury impact award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Social impact award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Autonomy award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Basic financial loss award: eligible infected persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Additional financial loss award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Additional financial loss award: eligible infected persons with Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Additional financial loss award: eligible infected persons with HIV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Care award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 5: Compensation payments – IBSS route ## 22 Compensation payments under the IBSS route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Amount of compensation payment under the IBSS route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Interpretation of regulations 25 to 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Past financial loss award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Past care award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Support scheme top-up award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Future financial loss and future care awards where an IBSS-registered person dies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 6: Applications for compensation payments from the Scheme ## 29 Giving of notices and documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Date of application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Time limit for making an application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Applications for those registered under an infected blood support scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Amendment or withdrawal of application by the applicant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Duty of applicants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Death before an application has been finally determined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Burden of proof and standard of proof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 7: Reviews and appeals ## 40 Review initiated by the applicant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Review initiated by the IBCA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 Appeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 8: Recovery of overpayments ## 43 Recovery of overpayments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Infection severity levels for Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/872 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/infected-blood-compensation-scheme-regulations-2024-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.