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

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2011 No. 68

Social Security

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

Made

2nd March 2011

Coming into operation

1st April 2011

Approved by resolution of the Assembly on

21st March 2011

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) 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) 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 2nd March 2011

(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	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.

(1)

2008 c. 9 (N.I.)

(2)

S.R. 2008 No. 354; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2010 No. 138