(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations provide for a lump sum payment under section 1 of the Mesothelioma, etc., Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (“the Act”) to a person with diffuse mesothelioma or the person’s dependant.
Regulation 2 specifies certain payments, eligibility or receipt of which disqualifies a person from entitlement to a lump sum payment.
Regulation 3 prevents disqualification for payments which are liable to be repaid.
Regulation 4 requires the person with diffuse mesothelioma to have been in the United Kingdom at the time and place of exposure to asbestos.
Regulation 5 and the Schedule set out the amounts payable to a person with diffuse mesothelioma or a dependant, based on the age of the person with diffuse mesothelioma.
Sections 1(3) and 2(1)(b) and (c), (2)(b) and (c), (3)(e) and (4)(d) of the Act under which these Regulations are made were brought into operation, for the purpose only of authorising the making of regulations on 27th August 2008 and for all other purposes on 1st October 2008 by the Mesothelioma, etc., (2008 Act) (Commencement) Order (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.R. 2008 No. 351 (C. 19)).