The Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) (Lump Sum Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008

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Exempted trusts and paymentsN.I.

7.—(1) The following trusts are prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the Order—

(a)the Macfarlane Trust established on 10th March 1988 partly out of funds provided by the Secretary of State to the Haemophilia Society for the relief of poverty or distress among those suffering from haemophilia;

(b)the Macfarlane (Special Payments) Trust established on 29th January 1990 partly out of funds provided by the Secretary of State for the benefit of certain persons suffering from haemophilia;

(c)the Macfarlane (Special Payments) (No. 2) Trust established on 3rd May 1991 partly out of funds provided by the Secretary of State for the benefit of certain persons suffering from haemophilia and other beneficiaries;

(d)the Eileen Trust established on 29th March 1993 out of funds provided by the Secretary of State for the benefit of persons eligible for payment in accordance with its provisions;

(e)a trust established out of funds provided by the Secretary of State in respect of persons who suffered, or who are suffering, from variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease for the benefit of persons eligible for interim payments in accordance with its provisions;

(f)a trust established out of funds provided by the Secretary of State in respect of persons who suffered, or who are suffering, from variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease for the benefit of persons eligible for payments, other than interim payments, in accordance with its provisions.

[F1(g)the UK Asbestos Trust established on 10th October 2006 for the benefit of certain persons suffering from asbestos-related diseases [F2provided that any payment made in respect of diffuse mesothelioma out of this Trust is not made to or in respect of a person who has received a payment under the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme] ;

(h)the EL Scheme Trust established on 23rd November 2006 for the benefit of certain persons suffering from asbestos-related diseases.]

(2) The following payments are prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 to the Order—

(a)any payment made under the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979(1) to or in respect of P;

(b)any award of compensation made to or in respect of P under the Criminal Injuries Compensation (Northern Ireland) Order 2002(2), the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act 1995(3) or by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 1990 or any earlier scheme;

(c)any payment made to P in respect of sensorineural hearing loss where the loss is less than 50 decibels in one or both ears;

(d)any contractual amount paid to P by an employer of P in respect of a period of incapacity for work;

(e)any payment made under the Health and Personal Social Services (Injury Benefits) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001(4), the National Health Service (Injury Benefits) Regulations 1995(5) or the National Health Service (Scotland) (Injury Benefits) Regulations 1998(6);

(f)any payment made by or on behalf of the Secretary of State for the benefit of persons eligible for payment in accordance with the provisions of a scheme established by the Secretary of State on 24th April 1992 or, in Scotland, on 10th April 1992;

(g)any payment made from the Skipton Fund, the ex-gratia payment scheme administered by the Skipton Fund Limited, incorporated on 25th March 2004, for the benefit of certain persons suffering from hepatitis C and other persons eligible for payment in accordance with the scheme’s provisions;

(h)any payment made from the London Bombings Relief Charitable Fund, the company limited by guarantee (number 5505072) and registered charity of that name established on 11th July 2005 for the purpose of (amongst other things) relieving sickness, disability or financial need of victims (including families or dependants of victims) of the terrorist attacks carried out in London on 7th July 2005.

[F3(i)any payment made from MFET Limited, the company limited by guarantee (number 7121661) of that name, established for the purpose in particular of making payments in accordance with arrangements made with the Secretary of State to persons who have acquired HIV as a result of treatment by the NHS with blood or blood products.]

[F4(j)any payment made from the Caxton Foundation, the charitable trust of that name established on 28th March 2011, for the benefit of certain persons suffering from hepatitis C and other persons eligible for payment in accordance with its provisions.]

[F5(k)any payment made from the Scottish Infected Blood Support Scheme administered by the Common Services Agency (constituted by section 10 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978;

(l)any payment made from a scheme established or approved by the Secretary of State, or trust established with funds provided by the Secretary of State, for the purpose of providing compensation in respect of a person having been infected from contaminated blood products;

(m)any payment from the Infected Blood Payment Scheme for Northern Ireland administered by the Regional Business Services Organisation established under section 14 of the Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009;

(n)any payment made under or by a trust, established for the purpose of giving relief and assistance to disabled persons whose disabilities were caused by the fact that during their mother’s pregnancy she had taken a preparation containing the drug known as Thalidomide, and which is approved by the Secretary of State.]

[F6(o)any payment of victims' payments, or of a lump sum, under the Victims' Payments Regulations 2020.]

[F7(p)any payment made under the Windrush Compensation Scheme (Expenditure) Act 2020.]

[F8(q)any payment made for the purpose of providing compensation or support in respect of the fire on 14th June 2017 at Grenfell Tower;

(r)any payment made by the Post Office or the Secretary of State for the purpose of providing compensation or support which is—

(i)in connection with the failings of the Horizon system, or

(ii)otherwise payable following the judgment in Bates and Others v Post Office Limited ((No. 3) “Common Issues”).]

[F9(3) In this regulation—

“the Horizon system” means any version of the computer system used by the Post Office known as Horizon, Horizon Legacy, Horizon Online or HNG-X;

“the Post Office” means Post Office Limited (registered number 02154540).]

Textual Amendments

F1Reg. 7(1)(g)(h) added (13.7.2009) by The Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) (Lump Sum Payments) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. 2009/239), regs. 1, 2

F2Words in reg. 7(1)(g) inserted (1.7.2014) by The Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) (Lump Sum Payments) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 (S.R. 2014/162), regs. 1, 2(6)