The Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2014 No. 63

Social Security

The Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014

Made

3rd March 2014

Coming into operation

1st April 2014

Approved by resolution of the Assembly on

31st March 2014

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) 2014 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2014.

(2) In regulation 2—

(a) paragraph (a) applies only in relation to a person—

(i) first diagnosed with mesothelioma on or after 1st April 2014; or

(ii) where the date of the first diagnosis with mesothelioma is unknown, if a claim is made by that person on or after 1st April 2014; and

(b) paragraph (b) applies only in relation to the dependant of a person who dies on or after 1st April 2014.

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 3rd March 2014

(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	85,580
	38	83,916
	39	82,256
	40	80,595
	41	78,931
	42	77,270
	43	76,441
	44	75,606
	45	74,778
	46	73,947
	47	73,115
	48	70,792
	49	68,466
	50	66,136
	51	63,812
	52	61,480
	53	59,821
	54	58,160
	55	56,501
	56	54,833
	57	53,173
	58	48,854
	59	44,531
	60	40,216
	61	35,893
	62	31,573
	63	28,912
	64	26,252
	65	23,598
	66	20,938
	67	18,280
	68	17,738
	69	17,196
	70	16,660
	71	16,121
	72	15,581
	73	15,122
	74	14,654
	75	14,205
	76	13,754
	77 and over	13,295”

Part 2

“Table 2

Amount of lump sum payment to dependant

Age of person with mesothelioma at death			Payment
				£
	37 and under	44,537
	38	43,579
	39	42,624
	40	41,668
	41	40,713
	42	39,758
	43	38,844
	44	37,921
	45	37,013
	46	36,100
	47	35,188
	48	34,065
	49	32,942
	50	31,822
	51	30,704
	52	29,584
	53	28,664
	54	27,753
	55	26,839
	56	25,919
	57	25,008
	58	22,479
	59	19,941
	60	17,409
	61	14,873
	62	12,336
	63	11,612
	64	10,893
	65	10,156
	66	9,432
	67 and over	7,374”

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 2.7 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. 2013 No. 57