The Infected Blood Compensation Scheme Regulations 2024

Additional financial loss award: eligible infected persons with HIV

20.—(1) The amount of the additional financial loss award for an eligible infected person (“ P”) with HIV (whether or not they also have Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C) is the sum of the annual amounts determined in relation to each year of P’s infection (within the meaning of regulation 19(2)) as follows.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), where P is infected with—

(a) a single infection of HIV or a co-infection of HIV and Hepatitis B of severity level 5—

(i) the annual amount for each year between (and including each of) P’s first year of infection and for the year before the year in which P was diagnosed as infected with HIV is £14,829;

(ii) the annual amount for the year in which P was diagnosed as infected with HIV and for each subsequent year is £29,657;

(b) HIV and is co-infected with Hepatitis B (other than a Hepatitis B infection of severity level 5) or Hepatitis C (or both)—

(i) the annual amount for each year between (and including each of) P’s first year of infection and for the year before the year in which P was diagnosed as infected with HIV is, where, on the relevant date, the severity of P’s—

(aa) Hepatitis C infection is level 1, £18,536;

(bb) Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C infection is level 2, £18,536;

(cc) Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C infection is level 3 or level 4, £22,243;

(ii) the annual amount for the year in which P was diagnosed as infected with HIV and for each subsequent year is £29,657.

(3) The annual amount for any year in which P is, or would be, 66 or older is 50% of the annual amount that would (but for this paragraph) be determined in accordance with paragraph (2).