The Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2012 No. 83

Social Security

The Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

Made

1st March 2012

Coming into operation

1st April 2012

Approved by resolution of the Assembly on

26th March 2012

The Department for Social Development makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1(3) of the Mesothelioma, etc., Act (Northern Ireland) 2008(1).

Citation, commencement and application

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2012.

(2) In regulation 2—

(a) paragraph (a) shall apply in relation to a person—

(i) first diagnosed with mesothelioma on or after 1st April 2012; or

(ii) where the date of their first diagnosis with mesothelioma is unknown, if a claim is made by that person on or after 1st April 2012; and

(b) paragraph (b) shall apply in relation to the dependant of a person who dies on or after 1st April 2012.

Amendment of the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) Regulations

2.  In the Schedule to the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008(2)—

(a) for Table 1 substitute the Table set out in Part 1 of the Schedule to these Regulations; and

(b) for Table 2 substitute the Table set out in Part 2 of the Schedule to these Regulations.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 1st March 2012

(L.S.)

Anne McCleary

A senior officer of the Department for Social Development

Regulation 2

SCHEDULE

Part 1

“Table 1

Amount of lump sum payment to person with mesothelioma

Age of person with mesothelioma at diagnosis,		Payment
or, if unknown, at date of claim		£
	37 and under	81,536
	38	79,951
	39	78,369
	40	76,787
	41	75,202
	42	73,619
	43	72,829
	44	72,033
	45	71,245
	46	70,453
	47	69,660
	48	67,447
	49	65,231
	50	63,011
	51	60,796
	52	58,575
	53	56,994
	54	55,412
	55	53,832
	56	52,242
	57	50,660
	58	46,546
	59	42,427
	60	38,316
	61	34,197
	62	30,081
	63	27,546
	64	25,012
	65	22,483
	66	19,949
	67	17,416
	68	16,900
	69	16,384
	70	15,873
	71	15,359
	72	14,844
	73	14,407
	74	13,962
	75	13,534
	76	13,104
	77 and over	12,666”

Part 2

“Table 2

Amount of lump sum payment to dependant

Age of person with mesothelioma at death			Payment
				£
	37 and under	42,432
	38	41,520
	39	40,610
	40	39,700
	41	38,790
	42	37,880
	43	37,009
	44	36,129
	45	35,264
	46	34,394
	47	33,525
	48	32,455
	49	31,386
	50	30,318
	51	29,253
	52	28,186
	53	27,309
	54	26,441
	55	25,570
	56	24,695
	57	23,827
	58	21,417
	59	18,999
	60	16,586
	61	14,170
	62	11,753
	63	11,064
	64	10,379
	65	9,676
	66	8,986
	67 and over	7,025”

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 to increase amounts of lump sums payable to people with mesothelioma or to their dependants under the Mesothelioma, etc., Act (Northern Ireland) 2008. The increase in each case is 5.2 per cent., rounded up or down to the nearest £1 as appropriate.

(1)

2008 c. 9 (N.I.)

(2)

S.R. 2008 No. 354; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2011 No. 68