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<p>The purpose of the statutory Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme is to make compensatory
awards to individual persons who have sustained a serious physical and/or mental injury
as a direct result of a violent crime, and to family members of those killed. Businesses
impacted by the Manchester Bombing of 22 May 2017 do not fall under the ambit of the
Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 2012.</p><p> </p><p>Crimes of violence for the
purposes of the Scheme include physical and sexual assault, acts of a violent nature
that cause physical injury, and threats against a person causing fear of immediate
violence (in circumstances which would cause a person of reasonable firmness to be
put in such fear).</p><p> </p><p>The Scheme provides for awards based upon a tariff
of serious physical and mental injuries. Only injuries which are listed on the tariff
can be compensated.</p>
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