# The Victims' Payments Regulations 2020, Paragraph 3: Expression of degree of disablement

Extent: N.I.

(1) The assessed degree of disablement must be expressed as a percentage.
(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), if the assessed degree of disablement is a percentage between 0 and 100 which is not a multiple of 10, it is to be treated—
(a) if it is a multiple of 5, as being the next higher percentage which is a multiple of 10, and
(b) if it is not a multiple of 5, as being the nearest percentage which is a multiple of 10.
(3) Where the assessed degree of disablement is less than 20 percent, but not less than 14 percent, it is to be treated as 20 percent.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/103/schedule/2/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/victims-payments-regulations-2020/schedule-2/paragraph-3
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