The Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2021 No. 55

Social Security

The Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021

Made

9th March 2021

Coming into operation in accordance with regulation 1(1)

Affirmed by resolution of the Assembly on

22nd March 2021

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) 2021 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2021 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 “£3,305” substitute “£3,322”.

(3) In regulation 6(1)(a) (payment where pneumoconiosis is accompanied by tuberculosis) for “£6,838”, in both places, substitute “£6,872”.

(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 9th March 2021

(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 or
under	38,449	68,665	80,562		82,853	85,140	86,971	88,802	90,633	92,463	94,296
38	37,350	65,913	78,136		80,932	83,306	85,140	86,971	88,802	90,633	92,463
39	36,251	63,167	75,710		79,007	81,480	83,067	85,140	86,971	88,802	90,633
40	35,156	60,418	73,284		77,081	79,642	81,477	83,306	85,140	86,971	88,804
41	34,056	57,676	70,862		75,154	77,819	79,642	81,477	83,306	85,140	86,971
42	32,951	54,993	68,431		73,243	75,986	77,819	79,642	81,477	83,306	85,140
43	31,311	51,722	66,007		71,775	74,707	76,904	78,732	80,562	82,394	84,227
44	29,659	48,520	63,576		70,312	73,423	75,986	77,819	79,642	81,477	83,306
45	28,015	45,316	61,152		68,845	72,144	75,066	76,904	78,732	80,562	82,394
46	26,367	42,115	58,729		67,382	70,862	74,158	75,986	77,819	79,642	81,477
47	24,721	38,908	56,300		65,913	69,580	73,243	75,066	76,904	78,732	80,562
48	23,300	37,627	54,383		62,987	67,382	70,673	72,509	74,339	76,165	78,003
49	21,881	36,345	52,459		60,056	65,186	68,111	69,943	71,775	73,607	75,440
50	20,461	35,064	50,572		57,128	62,987	65,547	67,382	69,210	71,039	72,873
51	19,043	33,782	48,611		54,196	60,786	62,987	64,834	66,644	68,480	70,312
52	17,623	32,499	46,690		51,267	58,587	60,418	62,258	64,085	65,913	67,742
53	16,294	30,215	43,758		48,704	56,393	58,587	60,418	62,258	64,085	65,913
54	14,967	27,924	40,828		46,147	54,196	56,763	58,587	60,418	62,258	64,085
55	13,644	25,636	37,905		43,576	51,997	54,933	56,763	58,587	60,418	62,258
56	12,312	23,344	34,972		41,015	49,803	53,097	54,933	56,763	58,587	60,418
57	10,987	21,054	32,044		38,449	47,614	51,268	53,097	54,933	56,763	58,587
58	10,114	19,135	28,613		34,509	42,844	46,234	48,201	50,126	51,998	53,829
59	9,245	17,210	25,175		30,579	38,082	41,195	43,301	45,316	47,239	49,066
60	8,380	15,286	21,743		26,640	33,327	36,162	38,400	40,512	42,481	44,312
61	7,505	13,364	18,313		22,704	28,563	31,127	33,504	35,706	37,719	39,550
62	6,636	11,443	14,877		18,765	23,803	26,091	28,613	30,901	32,951	34,790
63	6,180	10,344	13,364		16,779	21,174	23,433	25,816	28,015	30,026	31,859
64	5,732	9,245	11,855		14,784	18,536	20,783	23,027	25,131	27,095	28,926
65	5,266	8,149	10,344		12,797	15,910	18,126	20,233	22,248	24,171	26,001
66	4,809	7,051	8,834		10,802	13,276	15,470	17,440	19,360	21,240	23,071
67	4,351	5,951	7,321		8,812	10,644	12,821	14,651	16,477	18,313	20,142
68	4,231	5,762	7,072		8,449	10,279	12,312	14,076	15,976	17,735	19,545
69	4,121	5,585	6,823		8,080	9,914	11,811	13,507	15,470	17,169	18,946
70	4,005	5,405	6,568		7,714	9,546	11,302	12,934	14,967	16,592	18,357
71	3,892	5,216	6,317		7,344	9,177	10,802	12,363	14,466	16,024	17,761
72	3,778	5,035	6,065		6,982	8,812	10,302	11,785	13,960	15,446	17,169
73	3,681	4,946	5,975		6,844	8,672	10,072	11,559	13,597	14,993	16,662
74	3,594	4,852	5,882		6,708	8,540	9,840	11,331	13,232	14,533	16,146
75	3,504	4,765	5,792		6,568	8,398	9,613	11,100	12,863	14,076	15,652
76	3,410	4,666	5,698		6,431	8,260	9,387	10,874	12,498	13,613	15,155
77 or over	3,322	4,576	5,610		6,292	8,124	9,154	10,644	12,136	13,161	14,651”

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 or under	24,353			41,523		46,556		47,931		49,073
	38	23,804			39,964		45,180		46,556		48,018
	39	23,257			38,408		43,808		45,179		46,965
	40	22,703			36,848		42,434		43,808		45,913
	41	22,154			35,294		41,061		42,434		44,860
	42	21,610			33,743		39,686		41,061		43,808
	43	20,619			31,727		38,450		39,823		42,800
	44	19,637			29,706		37,211		38,590		41,784
	45	18,654			27,694		35,977		37,352		40,783
	46	17,668			25,678		34,635		36,116		39,777
	47	16,685			23,665		33,511		34,885		38,772
	48	15,932			23,114		32,596		33,922		37,536
	49	15,171			22,564		31,677		32,960		36,297
	50	14,419			22,015		30,764		31,993		35,063
	51	13,665			21,467		29,849		31,038		33,831
	52	12,910			20,920		28,932		30,076		32,596
	53	12,564			19,637		27,195		28,747		31,583
	54	12,221			18,354		25,451		27,420		30,580
	55	11,880			17,072		23,712		26,094		29,573
	56	11,537			15,791		21,971		24,768		28,559
	57	10,987			14,513		20,233		23,438		27,555
	58	10,114			13,593		18,245		21,107		24,768
	59	9,245			12,676		16,254		18,767		21,971
	60	8,380			11,768		14,258		16,434		19,182
	61	7,505			10,848		12,270		14,100		16,389
	62	6,636			9,937		10,275		11,768		13,593
	63	6,180			9,866		10,143		11,326		12,795
	64	5,732			9,245		9,999		10,894		12,003
	65	5,266			8,149		9,866		10,458		11,191
	66	4,809			7,051		8,834		10,025		10,392
	67 and over	3,322			4,576		5,610		6,292		8,124

PART B

Age of disabled person at his last birthday				Payment
	preceding death					£
		37 or under			49,073
		38			48,018
		39			46,965
		40			45,913
		41			44,860
		42			43,808
		43			42,800
		44			41,784
		45			40,783
		46			39,777
		47			38,772
		48			37,536
		49			36,297
		50			35,063
		51			33,831
		52			32,596
		53			31,583
		54			30,580
		55			29,573
		56			28,559
		57			27,555
		58			24,768
		59			21,971
		60			19,182
		61			16,389
		62			13,593
		63			12,795
		64			12,003
		65			11,191
		66			10,392
		67 or over			8,124”

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. 2020 No. 26