The Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017

Regulations made by the Department for Communities and laid before the Assembly under section 10(2) of the Mesothelioma, etc., Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 for approval of the Assembly before the expiration of six months from the date of their coming into operation

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2017 No. 68

Social Security

The Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017

Made

21st March 2017

Coming into operation

1st April 2017

The Department for Communities 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) 2017 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2017.

(2) In regulation 2—

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

(i) first diagnosed with diffuse mesothelioma on or after 1st April 2017; or

(ii) where the date of the first diagnosis with diffuse mesothelioma is unknown, if a claim under section 1(1) of the Mesothelioma etc., Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 is made by that person on or after 1st April 2017; and

(b) paragraph (b) applies only in relation to the dependant of a person who dies on or after 1st April 2017 and who, immediately before death, had diffuse mesothelioma.

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 Communities on 21st March 2017

(L.S.)

Thomas O’Reilly

A senior officer of the Department for Communities

Regulation 2

SCHEDULE

Part 1

“Table 1

Amount of lump sum payment to person with mesothelioma

Age of person with mesothelioma at first diagnosis, or, if unknown, at date of claim		Payment
		£
	37 and under	87,473
	38	85,772
	39	84,075
	40	82,378
	41	80,677
	42	78,979
	43	78,132
	44	77,278
	45	76,432
	46	75,582
	47	74,732
	48	72,358
	49	69,981
	50	67,599
	51	65,224
	52	62,840
	53	61,144
	54	59,447
	55	57,751
	56	56,046
	57	54,349
	58	49,934
	59	45,516
	60	41,106
	61	36,687
	62	32,272
	63	29,552
	64	26,833
	65	24,120
	66	21,401
	67	18,684
	68	18,131
	69	17,576
	70	17,029
	71	16,477
	72	15,926
	73	15,456
	74	14,978
	75	14,519
	76	14,058
	77 and over	13,590”

Part 2

“Table 2

Amount of lump sum payment to dependant

Age of person with mesothelioma at death			Payment
				£
	37 and under	45,522
	38	44,543
	39	43,566
	40	42,590
	41	41,614
	42	40,637
	43	39,703
	44	38,760
	45	37,832
	46	36,898
	47	35,966
	48	34,819
	49	33,670
	50	32,526
	51	31,383
	52	30,238
	53	29,298
	54	28,367
	55	27,433
	56	26,492
	57	25,561
	58	22,976
	59	20,382
	60	17,794
	61	15,202
	62	12,609
	63	11,869
	64	11,134
	65	10,381
	66	9,640
	67 and over	7,537”

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 diffuse mesothelioma or to their dependants under the Mesothelioma, etc., Act (Northern Ireland) 2008. The increase in each case is 1 per cent., rounded up or down to the nearest £1 as appropriate.

(1)

2008 c. 9(N.I.) ; see section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c.5 (N.I.))

(2)

S.R. 2008 No. 354; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2015 No. 65