The Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2010 No. 138

Social Security

The Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010

Made

31st March 2010

Coming into operation

1st April 2010

Approved by resolution of the Assembly on

21st June 2010

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) 2010 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2010.

(2) In regulation 2—

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

(i) first diagnosed with mesothelioma on or after 1st April 2010; 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 2010; and

(b) paragraph (b) shall apply in relation to the dependant of a person who dies on or after 1st April 2010.

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 31st March 2010

(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			75,176
	38			73,714
	39			72,255
	40			70,796
	41			69,336
	42			67,876
	43			67,147
	44			66,413
	45			65,687
	46			64,957
	47			64,226
	48			62,185
	49			60,143
	50			58,095
	51			56,053
	52			54,006
	53			52,548
	54			51,089
	55			49,632
	56			48,167
	57			46,708
	58			42,915
	59			39,117
	60			35,327
	61			31,530
	62			27,734
	63			25,397
	64			23,061
	65			20,729
	66			18,393
	67			16,057
	68			15,582
	69			15,106
	70			14,634
	71			14,161
	72			13,686
	73			13,283
	74			12,873
	75			12,478
	76			12,081
	77 and over			11,678”

Part 2

“Table 2

Amount of lump sum payment to dependant

Age of person with mesothelioma at death			Payment
				£
	37 and under	39,122
	38	38,281
	39	37,442
	40	36,603
	41	35,764
	42	34,925
	43	34,122
	44	33,310
	45	32,513
	46	31,711
	47	30,910
	48	29,923
	49	28,938
	50	27,952
	51	26,971
	52	25,987
	53	25,178
	54	24,378
	55	23,575
	56	22,768
	57	21,968
	58	19,746
	59	17,517
	60	15,292
	61	13,065
	62	10,836
	63	10,201
	64	9,569
	65	8,921
	66	8,285
	67 and over	7,298”

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.

(1)

2008 c. 9 (N.I.)

(2)

S.R. 2008 No. 354