Scottish Infected Blood Support Amendment (No. 2) Scheme 2023: backdated payment amendments
Amendments to Scottish Infected Blood Amendment Scheme, effective from 24 March 2023. SIBSS is a scheme of support and assistance for those infected with Hepatitis C, HIV, or both, as a result of NHS treatment. In March 2023, the Principal Scheme was amended to allow for backdated payments for those transferring late from the Skipton Fund Limited
Scottish Infected Blood Support Amendment Scheme 2023
The Scottish Ministers make the following Scheme to amend the Scottish Infected Blood Support Scheme 2017 in exercise of the powers conferred by section 28 of the Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005 and all other powers enabling them to do so.
Commencement and interpretation
- (1) This Scheme comes into force on 24 March 2023.
- In this Scheme, “the Principal Scheme” means the Scottish Infected Blood Support Scheme 2017 (as amended)[1].
Amendment of the Principal Scheme
- The Principal Scheme is amended in accordance with paragraph 3.
Amendment of the Principal Scheme – one-off lump sum payments in relation to transferring Hepatitis C Stage 1 Qualifying Persons who have transferred late from the Skipton Fund Limited
- In Schedule 1, after paragraph 10 insert —
“One-off lump sum payments in relation to transferring Hepatitis C Stage 1 Qualifying Persons who have transferred late from the Skipton Fund Limited
11.(1) A one-off lump sum payment may be made to a transferring Hepatitis C Stage 1 Qualifying Person who:
(a) has transferred late to this Scheme from the Skipton Fund Limited; and
(b) was not contacted by the Skipton Fund Limited for the purpose of requesting that person’s consent to have their details transferred to this Scheme.
(2) A one-off lump sum payment under this paragraph must be made in accordance with sub-paragraphs (3) to (5).
(3) A person in column 1 of the Table who has not received one or more of the payments specified in columns 3 to 7 may be paid a one-off lump sum payment comprising the payment or payments they have not previously received.
(4) Where a person in column 1 of the Table has received only a proportion of one of the payments specified in columns 3 to 7, the one-off lump sum payment referred to in sub-paragraph 3 will include the remaining proportion of that payment.
(5) The Table (Payments in respect of previous financial years) is –
Column 1: Person receiving payment |
Column 2: Schedule 1 provision under which payment would have been made had the person been contacted by the Skipton Fund Limited for the purpose in paragraph 11(1)(b) and transferred to the Scheme in 2017 |
Column 3: Payment amount (in respect of 2018-2019) |
Column 4: Payment amount (in respect of 2019-2020) |
Column 5: Payment amount (in respect of 2020-2021) |
Column 6: Payment amount (in respect of 2021-2022) |
Column 7: Payment amount (in respect of 2022-2023) |
|
Hepatitis C Stage 1 Qualifying Person who is moderately affected |
Paragraph 3A(a) |
£3,675 |
£18,989 |
£19,312 |
£18,912 |
£19,498 |
|
Hepatitis C Stage 1 Qualifying Person who is severely affected |
Paragraph 3A(b) |
£11,025 |
£28,531 |
£29,016 |
£28,680 |
£29,569 |
|
Hepatitis C Stage 1 Qualifying Person who is neither moderately nor severely affected |
Paragraph 3A(c) |
N/A |
£10,000 |
£10,000 |
£9,456 |
£9,749 |
|
Any Hepatitis C Stage 1 Qualifying Person |
Paragraph 3AA |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
£544 |
£561 |
[signed]
A member of staff of the Scottish Ministers
23 March 2023
[1] Made on 21st February 2017. The Principal Scheme was amended by the Scottish Infected Blood Support Amendment Scheme 2017 (which was made on 6th September 2017); the Scottish Infected Blood Support Amendment Scheme 2018 (which was made on 20th December 2018); the Scottish Infected Blood Support Amendment Scheme 2020 (which was made on 20th March 2020); the Scottish Infected Blood Support Amendment Scheme 2021 (which was made on 29th March 2021); the Scottish Infected Blood Support Amendment (No. 2) Scheme 2021 (which was made on 23rd June 2021); and the Scottish Infected Blood Support Amendment Scheme 2022 (which was made on 24 March 2022).
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