Regulation 7 Causation of injuryI1

For the purpose of these Regulations, a person's injury may only be considered to be caused by a Troubles-related incident if it is suffered by that person when—

In this regulation—

• “employment” includes service of the Crown;

• “immediate aftermath” includes any time when a loved one is in the same condition as they would have been at the scene of the Troubles-related incident;

• “loved one” means another person with whom a person has a close relationship of love and affection, and such a relationship will be presumed to exist between—

  1. (a)

     two people who are married to each other, or are civil partners, or live together as husband and wife or as if they were civil partners, and

  2. (b)

     a parent and child;

• “F1responding, in the course of employment, to a Troubles-related incident” includes preventing, mitigating, or otherwise addressing the incident.