The Infected Blood Compensation Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2025
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11 Amendments relating to support scheme payments for recently bereaved partners
(1) In regulation 59, after paragraph (4) insert— (4A) For the purposes of this Part, an IBSS-registered affected person (“A”) is in a recent bereavement period during the 12-month period beginning with the calendar month after the month in which the person in respect of whom A is an IBSS-registered affected person died. . (2) In regulation 60— (a) in paragraph (4)(a)— (i) in paragraph (ii), after “where E is an IBSS-registered affected person” insert “who is, on the IBSS transfer date, not in a recent bereavement period”; (ii) after paragraph (ii) insert— (iii) where E is an IBSS-registered affected person who is, on the IBSS transfer date, in a recent bereavement period, the amount determined in accordance with paragraph (4A). ; (b) after paragraph (4) insert— (4A) Where E is an IBSS-registered affected person who is, on the IBSS transfer date, in a recent bereavement period, the IBSS category amount is the sum of— (a) (B ÷ 12) × M, where— (i) “B” is the amount specified in column 3 of the table in regulation 62 for the IBSS payment category which applied on 31st March 2025 to the person (“A”) in relation to whom E is an IBSS-registered affected person or would have applied to A on that date; (ii) “M” is the number of months during the IBSS transfer year during which E is in a recent bereavement period, and (b) ((B ÷ 12) × 0.75) × N, where— (i) “B” has the meaning given in sub-paragraph (a)(i); (ii) “N” is the number of months during the IBSS transfer year in which E is not in a recent bereavement period. . (3) In regulation 63 (the IBSS amount: IBSS-registered affected persons)— (a) in paragraph (1), for “paragraph (3)” substitute “paragraphs (2A) and (3)”; (b) after paragraph (2) insert— (2A) Subject to paragraph (3), where, at the beginning of a year during the Part 5 period other than the IBSS transfer year, A is in a recent bereavement period, the IBSS amount is the sum of— (a) (B ÷ 12) × M, where— (i) “B” is A’s relevant IBSS category amount; (ii) “M” is the number of months during the year during which E is in a recent bereavement period, and (b) ((B ÷ 12) × 0.75) × N, where— (i) “B” is A’s relevant IBSS category amount; (ii) “N” is the number of months during the year during which E is not in a recent bereavement period. ; (c) in paragraph (3), in the closing words, after “paragraph (1)” insert “or (2A)”.
11 Amendments relating to support scheme payments for recently bereaved partners
(1) In regulation 59, after paragraph (4) insert— (4A) For the purposes of this Part, an IBSS-registered affected person (“A”) is in a recent bereavement period during the 12-month period beginning with the calendar month after the month in which the person in respect of whom A is an IBSS-registered affected person died. . (2) In regulation 60— (a) in paragraph (4)(a)— (i) in paragraph (ii), after “where E is an IBSS-registered affected person” insert “who is, on the IBSS transfer date, not in a recent bereavement period”; (ii) after paragraph (ii) insert— (iii) where E is an IBSS-registered affected person who is, on the IBSS transfer date, in a recent bereavement period, the amount determined in accordance with paragraph (4A). ; (b) after paragraph (4) insert— (4A) Where E is an IBSS-registered affected person who is, on the IBSS transfer date, in a recent bereavement period, the IBSS category amount is the sum of— (a) (B ÷ 12) × M, where— (i) “B” is the amount specified in column 3 of the table in regulation 62 for the IBSS payment category which applied on 31st March 2025 to the person (“A”) in relation to whom E is an IBSS-registered affected person or would have applied to A on that date; (ii) “M” is the number of months during the IBSS transfer year during which E is in a recent bereavement period, and (b) ((B ÷ 12) × 0.75) × N, where— (i) “B” has the meaning given in sub-paragraph (a)(i); (ii) “N” is the number of months during the IBSS transfer year in which E is not in a recent bereavement period. . (3) In regulation 63 (the IBSS amount: IBSS-registered affected persons)— (a) in paragraph (1), for “paragraph (3)” substitute “paragraphs (2A) and (3)”; (b) after paragraph (2) insert— (2A) Subject to paragraph (3), where, at the beginning of a year during the Part 5 period other than the IBSS transfer year, A is in a recent bereavement period, the IBSS amount is the sum of— (a) (B ÷ 12) × M, where— (i) “B” is A’s relevant IBSS category amount; (ii) “M” is the number of months during the year during which E is in a recent bereavement period, and (b) ((B ÷ 12) × 0.75) × N, where— (i) “B” is A’s relevant IBSS category amount; (ii) “N” is the number of months during the year during which E is not in a recent bereavement period. ; (c) in paragraph (3), in the closing words, after “paragraph (1)” insert “or (2A)”.
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