2011 No. 68
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
SCHEDULE
Part 1
Table 1Amount 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 2Amount 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
(This note is not part of the Regulations)