The Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

Citation, commencement and application

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2012.

(2) In regulation 2—

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

(i)first diagnosed with mesothelioma on or after 1st April 2012; 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 2012; and

(b)paragraph (b) shall apply in relation to the dependant of a person who dies on or after 1st April 2012.

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(1)—

(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 1st March 2012

(L.S.)

Anne McCleary

A senior officer of the Department for Social Development