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A guide to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 2012 Criminal Injuries Com

A guide to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 2012 Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority June 28, 2013 ©Crown Copyright 2012 You may re-use this information (excluding logos) free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government Licence. To view this licence, visit www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence or email psi@nationalarchives.gsi.gov.uk. Where we have identiﬁed any third party copyright information you will need to obtain permission from the copyright holders concerned. A guide to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 2012 i Contents SECTION 1 — Introduction 1 What is the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme? . . . . . . . . . . 1 Purpose of this guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 What payments are available from the Scheme? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Applying for a payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 How do you apply for a payment? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Getting independent help with your application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Free independent advice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Paid representation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Other help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Applying on behalf of children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Applying on behalf of an adult who cannot apply by themselves . . . . . 4 If you were injured outside Great Britain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 SECTION 2 — Eligibility 6 Circumstances in which you may be eligible for a payment . . . . . . . . 6 Direct victim of a crime of violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Claiming after a period of abuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Injured while taking an exceptional and justiﬁed risk . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Being present at and witnessing or being involved in the immediate af- termath of an incident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Fatal injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Timescales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Applicants aged 18 or over on the date of the incident . . . . . . . . 10 Applicants under 18 years of age on the date of the incident . . . . 11 Residency and nationality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Further eligibility requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 SECTION 3 — Application process 13 Making an application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Medical evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Your obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Your consent and signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 How we will deal with your claim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 SECTION 4 — Payment types and their qualifying conditions 17 What happens if you have more than one injury? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Loss of earnings payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 ii A guide to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 2012 Claiming loss of earnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Special expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Bereavement payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Child’s payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Dependency payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Financial dependency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Physical dependency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 What happens if a person dies of the injuries at a later date? . . . . . . 23 Where the victim dies of an unrelated cause before a payment is made to them . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Future loss, special expenses and dependency payments as a lump sum . 24 Funeral payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 SECTION 5 — Withholding or reducing an award 26 Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Co-operation with the police and the Criminal Justice System . . . . . . 26 Co-operation with us or another body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Conduct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Excessive consumption of alcohol or use of illicit drugs . . . . . . . . . . 27 Criminal record . . . . . . . . . . . . . uploads/Geographie/ cica-guide.pdf