2011 No. 68

Social Security

The Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011

Approved by resolution of the Assembly on 21st March 2011

Made

Coming into operation

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) 2011 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2011.

2

In regulation 2—

a

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

i

first diagnosed with mesothelioma on or after 1st April 2011; 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 2011; and

b

paragraph (b) shall apply in relation to the dependant of a person who dies on or after 1st April 2011.

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 2nd March 2011

(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

77,506

38

75,999

39

74,495

40

72,991

41

71,485

42

69,980

43

69,229

44

68,472

45

67,723

46

66,971

47

66,217

48

64,113

49

62,007

50

59,896

51

57,791

52

55,680

53

54,177

54

52,673

55

51,171

56

49,660

57

48,156

58

44,245

59

40,330

60

36,422

61

32,507

62

28,594

63

26,184

64

23,776

65

21,372

66

18,963

67

16,555

68

16,065

69

15,574

70

15,088

71

14,600

72

14,110

73

13,695

74

13,272

75

12,865

76

12,456

77 and over

12,040

Part 2

Table 2

Amount of lump sum payment to dependant

Age of person with mesothelioma at death

Payment

£

37 and under

40,335

38

39,468

39

38,603

40

37,738

41

36,873

42

36,008

43

35,180

44

34,343

45

33,521

46

32,694

47

31,868

48

30,851

49

29,835

50

28,819

51

27,807

52

26,793

53

25,959

54

25,134

55

24,306

56

23,474

57

22,649

58

20,358

59

18,060

60

15,766

61

13,470

62

11,172

63

10,517

64

9,866

65

9,198

66

8,542

67 and over

7,524

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 3.1 per cent., rounded up or down to the nearest £1 as appropriate.