The Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2020 No. 26

Social Security

The Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020

Made

6th March 2020

Affirmed by resolution of the Assembly on

23rd March 2020

Coming into operation in accordance with regulation 1(1)

The Department for Communities makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 3(3), 4(3) and 11(1) and (4) of the Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers’ Compensation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1979(1) and now vested in it(2).

Citation, commencement and application

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2020 or the day after they are affirmed by resolution of the Assembly if later.

(2) These Regulations apply only in relation to any case in which a person first satisfies the conditions of entitlement to a payment under the Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers’ Compensation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 on or after the day on which these Regulations come into operation.

Amendment of the Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) Regulations

2.—(1) The Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988(3) are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).

(2) In regulation 5(2) (payment where death results from diffuse mesothelioma) and regulation 7 (minimum amount payable to dependant) for“£3,051” substitute “£3,305”.

(3) In regulation 6(1)(a) (payment where pneumoconiosis is accompanied by tuberculosis) for “£6,312”, in both places, substitute “£6,838”.

(4) In the Schedule—

(a) for Table 1, after the preamble, substitute the Table set out in Part 1 of the Schedule to these Regulations; and

(b) in Table 2 for Parts A and B substitute Parts A and B set out in Part 2 of the Schedule to these Regulations.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 6th March 2020

(L.S.)

Anne McCleary

A senior officer of the Department for Communities

Regulation 2(4)

SCHEDULE

PART 1

“TABLE 1

Age of				Percentage assessment for the relevant period
disabled	10%	11% -	21% -		31% -	41% -	51% -	61% -	71% -	81% -	91% -
person	or under	20%	30%		40%	50%	60%	70%	80%	90%	100%
	£	£	£		£	£	£	£	£	£	£
37 and	38,258	68,323	80,161		82,441	84,716	86,538	88,360	90,182	92,003	93,827
under
38	37,164	65,585	77,747		80,529	82,892	84,716	86,538	88,360	90,182	92,003
39	36,071	62,853	75,333		78,614	81,075	82,654	84,716	86,538	88,360	90,182
40	34,981	60,117	72,919		76,698	79,246	81,072	82,892	84,716	86,538	88,362
41	33,887	57,389	70,509		74,780	77,432	79,246	81,072	82,892	84,716	86,538
42	32,787	54,660	68,091		72,879	75,608	77,432	79,246	81,072	82,892	84,716
43	31,155	51,465	65,679		71,418	74,335	76,521	78,340	80,161	81,984	83,808
44	29,511	48,279	63,260		69,962	73,058	75,608	77,432	79,246	81,072	82,892
45	27,876	45,091	60,848		68,502	71,785	74,693	76,521	78,340	80,161	81,984
46	26,236	41,905	58,437		67,047	70,509	73,789	75,608	77,432	79,246	81,072
47	24,598	38,714	56,020		65,585	69,234	72,879	74,693	76,521	78,340	80,161
48	23,184	37,440	54,112		62,674	67,047	70,321	72,148	73,969	75,786	77,615
49	21,772	36,164	52,198		59,757	64,862	67,772	69,595	71,418	73,241	75,065
50	20,359	34,890	50,320		56,844	62,674	65,221	67,047	68,866	70,686	72,510
51	18,948	33,614	48,369		53,926	60,484	62,674	64,511	66,312	68,139	69,962
52	17,535	32,337	46,458		51,012	58,296	60,117	61,948	63,766	65,585	67,405
53	16,213	30,065	43,540		48,462	56,112	58,296	60,117	61,948	63,766	65,585
54	14,893	27,785	40,625		45,917	53,926	56,481	58,296	60,117	61,948	63,766
55	13,576	25,508	37,716		43,359	51,738	54,660	56,481	58,296	60,117	61,948
56	12,251	23,228	34,798		40,811	49,555	52,833	54,660	56,481	58,296	60,117
57	10,932	20,949	31,885		38,258	47,377	51,013	52,833	54,660	56,481	58,296
58	10,064	19,040	28,471		34,337	42,631	46,004	47,961	49,877	51,739	53,561
59	9,199	17,124	25,050		30,427	37,893	40,990	43,086	45,091	47,004	48,822
60	8,338	15,210	21,635		26,507	33,161	35,982	38,209	40,310	42,270	44,092
61	7,468	13,298	18,222		22,591	28,421	30,972	33,337	35,528	37,531	39,353
62	6,603	11,386	14,803		18,672	23,685	25,961	28,471	30,747	32,787	34,617
63	6,149	10,293	13,298		16,696	21,069	23,316	25,688	27,876	29,877	31,700
64	5,703	9,199	11,796		14,710	18,444	20,680	22,912	25,006	26,960	28,782
65	5,240	8,108	10,293		12,733	15,831	18,036	20,132	22,137	24,051	25,872
66	4,785	7,016	8,790		10,748	13,210	15,393	17,353	19,264	21,134	22,956
67	4,329	5,921	7,285		8,768	10,591	12,757	14,578	16,395	18,222	20,042
68	4,210	5,733	7,037		8,407	10,228	12,251	14,006	15,897	17,647	19,448
69	4,100	5,557	6,789		8,040	9,865	11,752	13,440	15,393	17,084	18,852
70	3,985	5,378	6,535		7,676	9,499	11,246	12,870	14,893	16,509	18,266
71	3,873	5,190	6,286		7,307	9,131	10,748	12,301	14,394	15,944	17,673
72	3,759	5,010	6,035		6,947	8,768	10,251	11,726	13,891	15,369	17,084
73	3,663	4,921	5,945		6,810	8,629	10,022	11,501	13,529	14,918	16,579
74	3,576	4,828	5,853		6,675	8,498	9,791	11,275	13,166	14,461	16,066
75	3,487	4,741	5,763		6,535	8,356	9,565	11,045	12,799	14,006	15,574
76	3,393	4,643	5,670		6,399	8,219	9,340	10,820	12,436	13,545	15,080
77 and over	3,305	4,553	5,582		6,261	8,084	9,108	10,591	12,076	13,096	14,578”

PART 2

“PART A

Age of disabled person at his last birthday preceding death				Percentage assessment for the relevant period
		10% or under			11% - 20%		21% - 30%		31% - 49%		50% or over
			£			£		£		£		£
	37 and under	24,232			41,316		46,324		47,693		48,829
	38	23,686			39,765		44,955		46,324		47,779
	39	23,141			38,217		43,590		44,954		46,731
	40	22,590			36,665		42,223		43,590		45,685
	41	22,044			35,118		40,857		42,223		44,637
	42	21,502			33,575		39,489		40,857		43,590
	43	20,516			31,569		38,259		39,625		42,587
	44	19,539			29,558		37,026		38,398		41,576
	45	18,561			27,556		35,798		37,166		40,580
	46	17,580			25,550		34,463		35,936		39,579
	47	16,602			23,547		33,344		34,711		38,579
	48	15,853			22,999		32,434		33,753		37,349
	49	15,096			22,452		31,519		32,796		36,116
	50	14,347			21,905		30,611		31,834		34,889
	51	13,597			21,360		29,700		30,884		33,663
	52	12,846			20,816		28,788		29,926		32,434
	53	12,501			19,539		27,060		28,604		31,426
	54	12,160			18,263		25,324		27,284		30,428
	55	11,821			16,987		23,594		25,964		29,426
	56	11,480			15,712		21,862		24,645		28,417
	57	10,932			14,441		20,132		23,321		27,418
	58	10,064			13,525		18,154		21,002		24,645
	59	9,199			12,613		16,173		18,674		21,862
	60	8,338			11,709		14,187		16,352		19,087
	61	7,468			10,794		12,209		14,030		16,307
	62	6,603			9,888		10,224		11,709		13,525
	63	6,149			9,817		10,093		11,270		12,731
	64	5,703			9,199		9,949		10,840		11,943
	65	5,240			8,108		9,817		10,406		11,135
	66	4,785			7,016		8,790		9,975		10,340
	67 and over	3,305			4,553		5,582		6,261		8,084

PART B

Age of disabled person at his last birthday				Payment
	preceding death					£
		37 and under			48,829
		38			47,779
		39			46,731
		40			45,685
		41			44,637
		42			43,590
		43			42,587
		44			41,576
		45			40,580
		46			39,579
		47			38,579
		48			37,349
		49			36,116
		50			34,889
		51			33,663
		52			32,434
		53			31,426
		54			30,428
		55			29,426
		56			28,417
		57			27,418
		58			24,645
		59			21,862
		60			19,087
		61			16,307
		62			13,525
		63			12,731
		64			11,943
		65			11,135
		66			10,340
		67 and over			8,084”

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Under the Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers’ Compensation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (“the Order”) lump sum payments may be made to certain persons disabled by a disease to which the Order applies, or to dependants of persons who were so disabled before they died.

The diseases to which the Order applies are pneumoconiosis, byssinosis, diffuse mesothelioma, primary carcinoma of the lung (where accompanied by asbestosis or diffuse pleural thickening) and diffuse pleural thickening.

These Regulations amend the Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988 to increase amounts payable under the Order.

By virtue of regulation 1(2), the amendments made by these Regulations apply only in relation to any case in which a person first fulfils the conditions of entitlement to a payment under the Act on or after the day on which these Regulations come into operation.

(1)

S.I. 1979/925 (N.I. 9); Articles 3 and 4 were amended by Article 22(a) and (b) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 (S.I. 1985/1209 (N.I. 16)), paragraph 17(2) to (4) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/1888 (N.I. 18)) and paragraphs 4 and 5 of Schedule 2 to the Mesothelioma Act 2014 (c.1); Article 3 was amended by section 52(3) of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 (c. 2 (N.I.)) and Article 4 was amended by Part 6 of Schedule 12 to the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006 (N.I. 1))

(2)

See Article 4(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481, the Department for Employment and Learning Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 (c. 15 (N.I.)), Article 3 of S.R. 2006 No. 192 and section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c.5 (N.I.))

(3)

S.R. 1988 No. 242; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2008 No. 352 and S.R. 2015 No. 64