PART 1General

Exempted trusts and payments7.

(1)

The following trusts are prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the Act—

(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.

(2)

The following payments are prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 to the Act—

(a)

any payment made under the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 19796 to or in respect of P;

(b)

any award of compensation made to or in respect of P under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act 19957 or by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 1990 or any earlier scheme or under the Criminal Injuries Compensation (Northern Ireland) Order 20028;

(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 National Health Service (Injury Benefits) Regulations 19959, the National Health Service (Scotland) (Injury Benefits) Regulations 199810 or the Health and Personal Social Services (Injury Benefits) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 200111;

(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.