Regulation 21 Care (core) awardI1

The infected core award in relation to an eligible infected person (“P”) must include an amount by way of a care (core) award for the purpose of compensating for—

Where P is deceased, did not have a Hepatitis C infection of level 4 or HIV, and—

Where P is not deceased, the amount of the care (core) award in relation to P is—

Where P is deceased and F4P’s compensation period is equal to or longer than the relevant period, the amount of the care (core) award in relation to P is—

Where P is deceased and F6P’s compensation period is less than the relevant period, the amount of the care (core) award in relation to P is the sum of the amounts determined as set out in paragraph (6) or (7).

Where P had Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C (or both, but not HIV) and the severity of P’s infection at the time of their death was—

Where P had HIV (whether or not they also had Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C), the amount for—

For the purposes of paragraphs (6) and (7), where P died partway through a period for which an amount is specified, they are to be treated as having died at the end of that period (and, accordingly, the care (core) award comprises the full amount in relation to that period).

In this regulation—

• F10“P’s compensation period” means the period beginning with the first year of P’s compensation period and ending with the year in which P died;

• “the relevant period” means, where P had—

  1. (a)

     Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C (or both, but not HIV), and the severity of P’s infection at the time of their death was—

     1. (i)

        level 2, 10 years;

     2. (ia)

        F11level 2B, 10 + N years, where “N” is the number of years in which P began a course of interferon treatment;

     3. (iii)

        level 3, 16 years;

     4. (iv)

        level 4, 20 years;

  2. (b)

     HIV (whether or not they also had Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C), 24 years.