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This is a draft item of legislation item and has not yet been made as a UK Statutory Instrument. This draft has been replaced by a new draft, The Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 ISBN 978-0-11-147281-1
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
Under the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) Act 1979 (“the Act”) lump sum payments may be made to certain persons disabled by a disease to which the Act applies, or to dependants of persons who were so disabled before they died.
These Regulations amend the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) Regulations 1988 (SI 1988/668) so as to increase the amounts payable under the Act. The increase in each case is 3.9 per cent rounded up or down to the nearest £1 as appropriate.
The diseases to which the Act applies are pneumoconiosis, byssinosis, diffuse mesothelioma, primary carcinoma of the lung (where accompanied by asbestosis or diffuse pleural thickening) and diffuse pleural thickening.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the costs of business, charities and voluntary bodies.
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