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

2024 No. 75

Social Security

The Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024

Made

25th March 2024

Coming into operation

1st April 2024

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) 2008(1).

Citation, commencement and application N.I.

1.—(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.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 1 in operation at 1.4.2024, see reg. 1(1)

Amendment of the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) Regulations N.I.

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

I2 Reg. 2(a) in operation at 1.4.2024, see reg. 1(1) and with application in accordance with reg. 1(2)(a)

I3 Reg. 2(b) in operation at 1.4.2024, see reg. 1(1) and with application in accordance with reg. 1(2)(b)

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 25th March 2024

(L.S.)

Patrick Rooney

A senior officer of the Department for Communities

Regulation 2

SCHEDULE N.I.

PART 1 N.I.

Commencement Information

I4 Sch. Pt. 1 in operation at 1.4.2024, see reg. 1(1) and with application in accordance with reg. 1(2)(a)

“Table 1

Amount 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”

PART 2 N.I.

Commencement Information

I5 Sch. Pt. 2 in operation at 1.4.2024, see reg. 1(1) and with application in accordance with reg. 1(2)(b)

“Table 2

Amount 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”

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 the amounts paid from 1st April 2024 in each case is 6.7 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. 2024 No. 70