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
2024 No. 75
The Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024
Made
Coming into operation
The Department for Communities makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(3), 9(1) and (2)(a) of the Mesothelioma, etc., Act (Northern Ireland) 20081.
Citation, commencement and applicationI11
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2024.
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 2024; 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 2024; and
b
paragraph (b) applies only in relation to the dependant of a person who dies on or after 1st April 2024 and who, immediately before death, had diffuse mesothelioma.
Amendment of the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) Regulations2
In the Schedule to the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20082—
I4a
for Table 1 substitute the Table set out in Part 1 of the Schedule to these Regulations; and
I5b
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 25th March 2024
SCHEDULE
I2PART 1
Table 1Amount of lump sum payment to person with mesothelioma
Age of person with mesothelioma at first diagnosis, or, if unknown, date of claim
Payment
£
37 or under
114,210
38
111,989
39
109,774
40
107,558
41
105,337
42
103,120
43
102,015
44
100,899
45
99,794
46
98,684
47
97,575
48
94,476
49
91,373
50
88,262
51
85,162
52
82,048
53
79,833
54
77,619
55
75,406
56
73,177
57
70,960
58
65,197
59
59,428
60
53,670
61
47,902
62
42,137
63
38,588
64
35,035
65
31,493
66
27,943
67
24,395
68
23,672
69
22,947
70
22,234
71
21,513
72
20,795
73
20,181
74
19,556
75
18,957
76
18,356
77 or over
17,745
I3PART 2
Sch. Pt. 2 in operation at 1.4.2024, see reg. 1(1) and with application in accordance with reg. 1(2)(b)
Table 2Amount of lump sum payment to dependant
Age of person with mesothelioma at death
Payment
£
37 or under
59,436
38
58,159
39
56,884
40
55,609
41
54,334
42
53,060
43
51,839
44
50,608
45
49,396
46
48,177
47
46,960
48
45,464
49
43,963
50
42,468
51
40,976
52
39,479
53
38,253
54
37,038
55
35,818
56
34,590
57
33,374
58
29,999
59
26,611
60
23,233
61
19,850
62
16,463
63
15,497
64
14,538
65
13,554
66
12,586
67 or over
9,840
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
Sch. Pt. 1 in operation at 1.4.2024, see reg. 1(1) and with application in accordance with reg. 1(2)(a)