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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
Social Security
Made
8th March 2023
Coming into operation
27th March 2023
The Department for Communities makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(3) and 9(2)(a) and (3) of the Mesothelioma, etc., Act (Northern Ireland) 2008(1).
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (2022 Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 and shall come into operation on 27th March 2023.
(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 2022, 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 2022; and
(b)paragraph (b) applies only in relation to the dependant of a person who dies on or after 1st April 2022 and who, immediately before death, had diffuse mesothelioma.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 1 in operation at 27.3.2023, see reg. 1(1)
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.
Commencement Information
3. The Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022(3) are revoked.
Commencement Information
I3Reg. 3 in operation at 27.3.2023, see reg. 1(1)
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 8th March 2023
(L.S.)
Anne McCleary
A senior officer of the Department for Communities
Regulation 2
Commencement Information
I4Sch. Pt. 1 in operation at 27.3.2023 with application in accordance with reg. 1(2), see reg. 1(1)
Age of person with mesothelioma at first diagnosis, or, if unknown, date of claim | Payment £ |
---|---|
37 or under | 97,219 |
38 | 95,329 |
39 | 93,443 |
40 | 91,557 |
41 | 89,667 |
42 | 87,779 |
43 | 86,838 |
44 | 85,888 |
45 | 84,948 |
46 | 84,003 |
47 | 83,059 |
48 | 80,421 |
49 | 77,779 |
50 | 75,132 |
51 | 72,492 |
52 | 69,842 |
53 | 67,956 |
54 | 66,072 |
55 | 64,188 |
56 | 62,291 |
57 | 60,403 |
58 | 55,498 |
59 | 50,587 |
60 | 45,686 |
61 | 40,776 |
62 | 35,868 |
63 | 32,847 |
64 | 29,823 |
65 | 26,807 |
66 | 23,786 |
67 | 20,766 |
68 | 20,151 |
69 | 19,533 |
70 | 18,926 |
71 | 18,312 |
72 | 17,701 |
73 | 17,179 |
74 | 16,647 |
75 | 16,137 |
76 | 15,625 |
77 or over | 15,105” |
Commencement Information
I5Sch. Pt. 2 in operation at 27.3.2023 with application in accordance with reg. 1(2), see reg. 1(1)
Age of person with mesothelioma at death | Payment £ |
---|---|
37 or under | 50,594 |
38 | 49,507 |
39 | 48,421 |
40 | 47,336 |
41 | 46,251 |
42 | 45,166 |
43 | 44,127 |
44 | 43,079 |
45 | 42,047 |
46 | 41,010 |
47 | 39,974 |
48 | 38,700 |
49 | 37,422 |
50 | 36,150 |
51 | 34,880 |
52 | 33,606 |
53 | 32,562 |
54 | 31,528 |
55 | 30,490 |
56 | 29,444 |
57 | 28,409 |
58 | 25,536 |
59 | 22,652 |
60 | 19,777 |
61 | 16,897 |
62 | 14,014 |
63 | 13,192 |
64 | 12,375 |
65 | 11,538 |
66 | 10,714 |
67 or over | 8,376” |
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations revoke and re-enact the provisions of the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 which would otherwise cease to have effect by virtue of section 10(2) of the Mesothelioma, etc., Act (Northern Ireland) 2008. 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 3.1 per cent., rounded up or down to the nearest £1 as appropriate.
2008 c. 9 (N.I.); see section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 5 (N.I.))
S.R. 2008 No. 354; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2022 No. 229