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

Approved by resolution of the Assembly on 21st June 2010

Made31st March 2010

Coming into operation1st April 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) 20081.

Citation, commencement and application1

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) Regulations2

In the Schedule to the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20082—

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 McClearyA senior officer of the Department for Social Development

SCHEDULE

Regulation 2

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

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.


		£
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