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<p>The Government is planning to abolish the so-called pre-1979 “same roof rule” from
the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme. Under this rule, a compensation award cannot
be made for a criminal injury sustained by a child or adult before October 1979 if,
at the time of the incident giving rise to that injury, the applicant (as a child
or as an adult) and the assailant were living together as members of the same family.</p><p>
</p><p>We will be laying an amended Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 2012 before
Parliament in due course. The amended Scheme will remove the pre-1979 same roof rule.
Importantly, it is intended to enable victims whose applications for compensation
had previously been refused under this rule to reapply. Applicants will still need
to meet all the remaining eligibility criteria within the Scheme.</p>
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