Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (asp 9)

SCHEDULE 7 EMPLOYMENT-INJURY ASSISTANCE REGULATIONS

PART 2 ASSISTANCE TO BE GIVEN

CHAPTER 2 FORM

Restriction on lump sums

14 The regulations may not provide for the employment-injury assistance that is to be given to an individual to be given by way of a lump-sum payment where the individual’s entitlement arises on account of someone having, or having had—

(a) pneumoconiosis,

(b) byssinosis,

(c) diffuse mesothelioma,

(d) bilateral diffuse pleural thickening, or

(e) primary carcinoma of the lung where there is accompanying evidence of—

(i) asbestosis,

(ii) bilateral diffuse pleural thickening, or

(iii) both.