(9) Subject to paragraph (10), in this regulation “the appropriate rate” has the meaning given by regulation 18. 

(10) In a case where disablement is caused by more than one relevant incident— 

(a) the amount of exempted compensation is calculated by taking the sum of calculations carried out under paragraph (5) in respect of each incident, and 

(b) the appropriate rate, in relation to a particular incident, means the rate specified from time to time in column 2 of the table in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to The Naval, Military and Air Forces Etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Order 2006 corresponding to the assessed degree of disablement attributable to that incident. 

(11) The Bank of England base rate means— 

(a) the rate announced from time to time by the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England as the official dealing rate, being the rate at which the Bank is willing to enter into transactions for providing short term liquidity in the money markets, or 

(b) where an order under section 19 of the Bank of England Act 1998( a ) is in force, any equivalent rate determined by the Treasury under that section. 

## Backdating 

21. —(1) This regulation applies where— 

(a) an applicant is entitled to victims’ payments, and 

(b) the application which resulted in that entitlement was made during the relevant period. 

(2) For the purpose of determining the amount of victims’ payments payable, the entitlement must be backdated to the date the Board considers that the person would have become entitled to victims’ payments had this Scheme been established on 23 December 2014. 

(3) For the purposes of this regulation, “the relevant period” means the period— 

(a) beginning with the first date on which applications may be made, and 

(b) ending on the date three years after that date, or such later date as the Secretary of State may determine. 

(4) For the purpose of determining the amount of victims’ payments payable in respect of a past period, the reference in regulation 18 to a rate specified from time to time is a reference to the rate specified at the time the amount of victims’ payments is determined. 

## Notification to the applicant 

22.  After making a determination of the amount of victims’ payments payable to an applicant, the Board must as soon as reasonably practicable notify the applicant in writing of— 

(a) the amount payable; 

(b) a summary of the reason for the determination, and 

(c) the right to appeal. 

## Making of payments 

23. —(1) Victims’ payments must be paid monthly unless the Board considers the facts of a particular case means other arrangements are more appropriate. 

(2) The first payment of victims’ payments to a person must be made as soon as reasonably practicable after the determination of the amount of victims’ payments payable to the person. 

(3) The Board may make payments by whatever means the Board considers appropriate. 

