Capital Gains Tax Citation, commencement and effect 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Post Office Horizon Compensation and Infected Blood Interim Compensation Payment Schemes (Tax Exemptions and Relief) Regulations 2023 and come into force on 16th March 2023. 2 These Regulations have effect from— a 22nd July 2021 in relation to Overturned Historical Conviction compensation payments, b 1st August 2022 in relation to Group Litigation Order compensation payments, and c 28th October 2022 in relation to Infected Blood Scheme compensation payments. Interpretation 2 In these Regulations— “ the Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service ” means the Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service established by section 10(1) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 ; “ Group Litigation Order compensation payment ” means a payment of compensation made by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy or the Department for Business and Trade to a person who was a party to a claim against Post Office Limited in respect of the Horizon system that was subject to a group litigation order; “ the Horizon system ” means any version of the computer system used by Post Office Limited known as Horizon, Horizon Legacy, Horizon Online or HNG-X; “ Infected Blood Scheme compensation payment ” means a payment of compensation under the Infected Blood Interim Compensation Payment Scheme , a scheme administered by the administrators of the UK infected blood support schemes: the NHS Business Services Authority in England, the Velindre Trust and NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership in Wales, the Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service in Scotland, and the Regional Business Services Organisation in Northern Ireland; “ the NHS Business Services Authority ” means the NHS Business Services Authority (Awdurdod Gwasanaethau Busnes y GIG) established under article 2 of the NHS Business Services Authority (Awdurdod Gwasanaethau Busnes y GIG) (Establishment and Constitution) Order 2005 ; “ NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership ” means the organisation established by the committee established by the Velindre Trust under regulation 3 of the Velindre National Health Service Trust Shared Services Committee (Wales) Regulations 2012 ; “ Overturned Historical Conviction compensation payment ” means a payment of compensation made by Post Office Limited to a person for an overturned historical conviction that was quashed because it involved evidence from the Horizon system; “ Post Office Limited ” means the private company limited by shares with the company number 02154540 whose registered office is Finsbury Dials, 20 Finsbury Street, London, EC2Y 9AQ; “ Regional Business Services Organisation ” means the Regional Business Services Organisation, the corporate body established by section 14(1) of the Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 ; “ the Velindre Trust ” means the Velindre University National Health Service Trust or Ymddiriedolaeth Gwasanaeth Iechyd Gwladol Prifysgol Felindre established by article 2 of the Velindre National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1993 . Exemption from income tax for Overturned Historical Conviction compensation payments, Group Litigation Order compensation payments, and Infected Blood Scheme compensation payments 3 The following compensation payments are qualifying payments for the purposes of paragraph 3 of Schedule 15 to the Finance Act 2020— a Overturned Historical Conviction compensation payments, b Group Litigation Order compensation payments, and c Infected Blood Scheme compensation payments. Exemption from capital gains tax for Overturned Historical Conviction compensation payments, Group Litigation Order compensation payments, and Infected Blood Scheme compensation payments 4 The following compensation payments are qualifying payments for the purposes of paragraph 4 of Schedule 15 to the Finance Act 2020— a Overturned Historical Conviction compensation payments, b Group Litigation Order compensation payments, and c Infected Blood Scheme compensation payments. Relief from inheritance tax for Overturned Historical Conviction compensation payments and Infected Blood Scheme compensation payments 5 The following compensation payments are qualifying payments for the purposes of paragraph 5 of Schedule 15 to the Finance Act 2020— a Overturned Historical Conviction compensation payments, and b Infected Blood Scheme compensation payments. Amanda Solloway Steve Double Two of the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury 21st February 2023