# The Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2001, Paragraph 31: Horizon Convictions Redress Scheme compensation payments and Horizon Shortfall Scheme Fixed Sum Awards


(1) A payment of compensation made by the Department for Business and Trade to a person eligible under the Horizon Convictions Redress Scheme announced by His Majesty’s Government on 13th March 2024 who—
(a) has a conviction involving the Horizon System quashed by legislation or by a court,
(b) received a caution of any kind for an offence involving the Horizon system,
(c) in Scotland received an alternative to prosecution within the definition given in section 4(5) of the Post Office (Horizon System) Offences (Scotland) Act 2024, or received a purported alternative to prosecution from Post Office Limited, or
(d) was the subject of a criminal prosecution involving the Horizon system but was not convicted.
(2) A payment of compensation made by Post Office Limited to a person eligible for compensation under the Horizon Shortfall Scheme or a nominated individual for the purpose of ensuring that person receives a total of £75,000 in compensation.
(3) A payment that is a relevant onward payment of the payment defined in paragraph (2).
(4) In this paragraph—
“Horizon Shortfall Scheme” has the same meaning as in paragraph 27(2);
“the Horizon system” has the same meaning as in paragraph 26(3);
“nominated individual” means any person who was a shareholder or a director of a company or a partner in a partnership which ceased to exist and that would have been eligible for compensation under the Horizon Shortfall Scheme;
“Post Office Limited” has the same meaning as in paragraph 26(3);
“relevant onward payment” has the same meaning as in paragraph 28(5).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/1004/schedule/3/paragraph/31 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-contributions-regulations-2001/schedule-3/paragraph-31
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