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These Regulations provide for a lump sum payment under section 46 of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 to a person with diffuse mesothelioma (mesothelioma) or the person’s dependant.
Regulation 2 specifies certain payments, eligibility or receipt of which disqualifies from a lump sum payment.
Regulation 3 prevents disqualification for payments which are liable to be repaid.
Regulation 4 requires that the person with mesothelioma was in the United Kingdom during his or her exposure to asbestos.
Regulation 5 and the Schedule set out the amounts payable to a person with mesothelioma or a dependant, based on the age of the person with mesothelioma.
Regulation 6 amends the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) Regulations 1988 so that certain payments under the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) Act 1979 are reduced by the amount of a payment for mesothelioma.
A full impact assessment has not been published for this instrument as it has no impact on the private or voluntary sectors.
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