Regulation 50 Affected injury awardI1

United Kingdom

(1)

The affected core award in relation to an eligible affected person (“Q”) must include an amount by way of an affected injury award for the purpose of compensating Q for—

(a)

past and future mental injury;

(b)

emotional distress and injury to Q’s feelings caused by, or that will in the future be felt as a result of—

(i)

the infection contracted by the eligible infected person (“P”) in relation to whom Q is an eligible affected person, and treatments for it;

(ii)

the death of P or the anticipation of P’s death.

F1(1A)

The amount of the affected injury award is A + B, where—

(a)

“A” is the basic affected injury amount, and

(b)

“B” is the affected injury uplift.

(2)

Where, on the relevant date, P has a single infection of Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C of severity level 2 F2or level 2B, F3the basic affected injury amount is—

(a)

£34,000, where Q is a partner of P;

(b)

£20,000, where Q is—

(i)

a parent of P;

(ii)

a child of P;

(iii)

a sibling of P;

(iv)

an unremunerated carer of P.

(3)

F4The basic affected injury amount is the amount specified in paragraph (4), where on the relevant date, P has—

(a)

a single infection of Hepatitis B of severity level 3, 4 or 5;

(b)

a single infection of Hepatitis C of severity level 3 or 4;

(c)

a co-infection of Hepatitis B of severity level 3, 4 or 5, and Hepatitis C of severity level 3 or 4;

(d)

a single infection of HIV;

(e)

a co-infection of—

(i)

HIV and Hepatitis B, or

(ii)

HIV and Hepatitis C.

(4)

The amount mentioned in paragraph (3) is—

(a)

£86,000, where Q is a partner of P;

F5(b)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c)

£40,400, where Q is a child of P F6...;

(d)

£22,000, where Q is—

(i)

a parent of P F7...;

F8(ii)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(iii)

a sibling of P;

(iv)

an unremunerated carer of P.

F9(4A)

The affected injury uplift is £17,000 where—

(a)

on the relevant date, P has a single infection of Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C of severity level 2 or 2B, and

(b)

Q is an affected SSP recipient as a bereaved partner of P.

(4B)

The affected injury uplift is £10,000 where—

(a)

Q is a child or a sibling of P,

(b)

Q is aged 17 or under during the first year of infection, and

(c)

while Q is aged 17 or under, P—

(i)

has a single infection of Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C of severity level 2 or 2B, and

(ii)

does not have an infection mentioned in paragraph (3).

(4C)

The affected injury uplift is £11,000 where—

(a)

Q is a sibling of P,

(b)

Q is aged 17 or under during the first year of infection, and

(c)

while Q is aged 17 or under, P has an infection mentioned in paragraph (3).

(4D)

The affected injury uplift is £20,200 where—

(a)

Q is a child of P,

(b)

Q is aged 17 or under during the first year of infection, and

(c)

while Q is aged 17 or under, P has an infection mentioned in paragraph (3).

(4E)

Where, on the relevant date, P has an infection mentioned in paragraph (3), the affected injury uplift is—

(a)

£76,100, where Q is a parent of P and P died—

(i)

at the age of 17 or under, and

(ii)

before 14th April 2026;

(b)

£43,400, where—

(i)

Q is a parent of P,

(ii)

P is aged 17 or under during the first year of infection, and

(iii)

P is not dead or did not die in circumstances described in sub-paragraph (a);

(c)

£43,000, where Q is a partner of P and—

(i)

P died before 14th April 2026, or

(ii)

Q is an affected SSP recipient as a bereaved partner of P.

(4F)

Where none of paragraphs (4A) to (4E) applies in relation to Q, the affected injury uplift 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.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 50(1A) inserted (24.7.2026) by The Infected Blood Compensation Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/872), regs. 1(2), 10(2)
F2: Words in reg. 50(2) inserted (24.7.2026) by The Infected Blood Compensation Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/872), regs. 1(2), 3(9)
F3: Words in reg. 50(2) substituted (24.7.2026) by The Infected Blood Compensation Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/872), regs. 1(2), 10(3)
F4: Words in reg. 50(3) substituted (24.7.2026) by The Infected Blood Compensation Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/872), regs. 1(2), 10(4)
F5: Reg. 50(4)(b) omitted (24.7.2026) by virtue of The Infected Blood Compensation Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/872), regs. 1(2), 10(5)(a)
F6: Words in reg. 50(4)(c) omitted (24.7.2026) by virtue of The Infected Blood Compensation Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/872), regs. 1(2), 10(5)(b)
F7: Words in reg. 50(4)(d)(i) omitted (24.7.2026) by virtue of The Infected Blood Compensation Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/872), regs. 1(2), 10(5)(c)(i)
F8: Reg. 50(4)(d)(ii) omitted (24.7.2026) by virtue of The Infected Blood Compensation Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/872), regs. 1(2), 10(5)(c)(ii)
F9: Reg. 50(4A)-(4F) inserted (24.7.2026) by The Infected Blood Compensation Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/872), regs. 1(2), 10(6)

Commencement

I1: Reg. 50 in force at 31.3.2025, see reg. 1(2)