2009 No. 74
Social Security

The Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009

Made
Affirmed by resolution of the Assembly on
Coming into operation in accordance with regulation 1(1)
The Department for Social Development makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 3(3), 4(3) and 11(1) and (4) of the Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers’ Compensation) (Northern Ireland) Order 19791 and now vested in it2.

Citation, commencement and application1.

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2009 or on the day after they are affirmed by resolution of the Assembly if later.

(2)

These Regulations shall apply in relation to any case in which a person first satisfies the conditions of entitlement to a payment under the Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers’ Compensation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 on or after the day on which these Regulations come into operation.

Amendment of the Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) Regulations2.

(1)

The Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 19883 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).

(2)

In regulations 5(2) and 7 (minimum amounts payable to dependant) for “£2,485” substitute “£2,609”.

(3)

In regulation 6(1)(a) (payment where pneumoconiosis is accompanied by tuberculosis) for “£5,140”, in both places where it occurs, substitute “£5,397”.

(4)

For the Schedule substitute the Schedule set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 2nd March 2009

(L.S.)
John O’Neill
A senior officer of the Department for Social Development

SCHEDULE

Regulation 2(4)

“SCHEDULE

Regulations 3, 4, 5 and 6

TABLE 1

1.

This table is for the determination of payments to disabled persons under regulation 3 (or regulation 6) and for the determination of payments to dependants of deceased sufferers under regulation 4(1).

2.

The relevant period is the period specified in regulation 3(2) or, in the case of a disabled person to whom regulation 6 applies, the first period specified in regulation 6(1)(b).

3.

The age of the disabled person is his age determined in accordance with regulation 3(2) or, in the case of a disabled person to whom regulation 6 applies, regulation 6(1)(b). In determining the amount payable to a dependant of a disabled person under regulation 4(1), the age to be taken for the purpose of calculating the sum to be deducted from the amount which would have been payable to the disabled person had he still been alive is the age of the deceased at his last birthday preceding his death.

4.

The table prescribes payments to disabled persons to whom disablement benefit is payable under section 108 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 19924, or under any corresponding provision of the former Industrial Injuries Acts, or would be payable but for the disablement amounting to less than the appropriate percentage.
TABLE 1

Age of disabled person

Percentage assessment for the relevant period

10% or less

11% - 20%

21% - 30%

31% - 40%

41% - 50%

51% - 60%

61% - 70%

71% - 80%

81% - 90%

91% - 100%

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

37 and under

30200

53931

63277

65076

66873

68311

69749

71187

72625

74065

38

29337

51771

61370

63567

65432

66873

68311

69749

71187

72625

39

28473

49614

59466

62054

63998

65243

66873

68311

69749

71187

40

27612

47455

57561

60543

62556

63997

65432

66873

68311

69750

41

26748

45301

55656

59031

61122

62556

63997

65432

66873

68311

42

25881

43145

53749

57528

59682

61122

62556

63997

65432

66873

43

24592

40626

51844

56374

58678

60403

61838

63277

64716

66155

44

23296

38109

49937

55225

57669

59682

61122

62556

63997

65432

45

22006

35593

48032

54073

56665

58961

60403

61838

63277

64716

46

20708

33078

46129

52924

55656

58245

59682

61122

62556

63997

47

19417

30560

44222

51771

54650

57528

58961

60403

61838

63277

48

18300

29553

42714

49472

52924

55508

56951

58388

59823

61266

49

17186

28548

41203

47170

51200

53497

54936

56374

57815

59254

50

16071

27540

39721

44870

49472

51483

52924

54361

55797

57236

51

14957

26533

38180

42568

47745

49472

50924

52345

53786

55225

52

13843

25527

36672

40267

46018

47455

48899

50334

51771

53208

53

12798

23731

34369

38254

44293

46018

47455

48899

50334

51771

54

11756

21934

32068

36245

42568

44584

46018

47455

48899

50334

55

10715

20135

29772

34226

40840

43145

44584

46018

47455

48899

56

9671

18336

27469

32214

39118

41704

43145

44584

46018

47455

57

8629

16537

25167

30200

37397

40268

41704

43145

44584

46018

58

7946

15029

22474

27106

33651

36313

37859

39371

40841

42281

59

7261

13517

19773

24017

29911

32356

34010

35593

37103

38539

60

6583

12007

17077

20923

26177

28403

30161

31820

33366

34805

61

5895

10498

14383

17832

22434

24448

26316

28044

29626

31064

62

5213

8988

11685

14740

18697

20493

22474

24269

25881

27324

63

4853

8124

10498

13179

16632

18405

20279

22006

23584

25022

64

4501

7261

9310

11612

14560

16324

18087

19739

21282

22720

65

4136

6400

8124

10052

12496

14237

15891

17475

18985

20423

66

3777

5539

6938

8483

10428

12152

13699

15207

16683

18121

67

3417

4674

5750

6920

8361

10069

11505

12943

14383

15820

68

3323

4526

5554

6634

8074

9671

11055

12548

13930

15352

69

3236

4387

5359

6347

7786

9276

10609

12152

13484

14883

70

3145

4244

5158

6058

7497

8878

10158

11756

13032

14418

71

3058

4097

4962

5768

7208

8483

9709

11362

12585

13952

72

2967

3956

4764

5484

6920

8092

9257

10965

12131

13484

73

2893

3886

4693

5375

6812

7910

9078

10680

11775

13087

74

2823

3811

4621

5267

6708

7728

8901

10392

11417

12683

75

2752

3741

4550

5158

6595

7550

8718

10102

11055

12294

76

2679

3665

4475

5052

6489

7373

8541

9816

10693

11902

77 and over

2610

3594

4405

4942

6381

7190

8361

9532

10338

11505

TABLE 2

1.

This table is for the determination of payments to dependants of deceased sufferers under regulation 4(2) or (6).

2.

The relevant period is the period specified in regulation 3(2) or, in the case of a disabled person to whom regulation 6 applies, the first period specified in regulation 6(1)(b).

3.

(1)

Part A of the table prescribes payments to dependants of disabled persons who died as a result of a disease other than diffuse mesothelioma where—

(a)

death benefit under section 108 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 is payable;

(b)

disablement benefit under that section or under any corresponding provision of the former Industrial Injuries Acts was payable to the disabled person immediately before he died;

(c)

disablement benefit would have been payable to the disabled person immediately before he died but for the occurrence of one of the circumstances listed in regulation 5(1)(a)(iii), or but for his disablement amounting to less than the appropriate percentage.

(2)

Part B of the table prescribes payments to dependants of disabled persons who died as a result of diffuse mesothelioma.

PART A

Age of disabled person at his last birthday preceding death

Percentage assessment for the relevant period

10% or less

11% - 20%

21% - 30%

31% - 49%

50% and over

£

£

£

£

£

37 and under

14202

27687

31638

32720

33618

38

13771

26463

30561

31638

32789

39

13341

25240

29483

30560

31963

40

12904

24017

28403

29483

31136

41

12475

22796

27324

28403

30309

42

12047

21577

26245

27324

29483

43

11268

19992

25275

26353

28692

44

10498

18405

24300

25384

27892

45

9726

16825

23333

24412

27106

46

8951

15241

22279

23439

26316

47

8179

13660

21395

22474

25527

48

7588

13229

20677

21718

24555

49

6991

12798

19953

20962

23584

50

6400

12365

19237

20203

22613

51

5807

11935

18518

19452

21646

52

5213

11505

17799

18697

20677

53

4942

10498

16434

17653

19880

54

4674

9490

15064

16610

19092

55

4405

8483

13699

15569

18300

56

4136

7477

12332

14528

17505

57

3863

6474

10965

13484

16717

58

3613

5750

9404

11651

14528

59

3358

5031

7840

9816

12332

60

3110

4316

6274

7982

10140

61

2860

3594

4712

6149

7946

62

2610

2879

3145

4316

5750

63

2610

2823

3040

3971

5124

64

2610

2768

2928

3631

4501

65

2610

2716

2823

3288

3863

66

2610

2663

2716

2948

3236

67 and over

2610

2610

2610

2610

2610

PART B

Age of disabled person at his last birthday preceding death

Payment

£

37 and under

33618

38

32789

39

31963

40

31136

41

30309

42

29483

43

28692

44

27892

45

27106

46

26316

47

25527

48

24555

49

23584

50

22613

51

21646

52

20677

53

19880

54

19092

55

18300

56

17505

57

16717

58

14528

59

12332

60

10140

61

7946

62

5750

63

5124

64

4501

65

3863

66

3236

67 and over

2610”

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Under the Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers’ Compensation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (“the Order”) lump sum payments may be made to certain persons disabled by a disease to which the Order applies, or to dependants of persons who were so disabled before they died.

The diseases to which the Order applies are pneumoconiosis, byssinosis, diffuse mesothelioma, primary carcinoma of the lung (where accompanied by asbestosis or diffuse pleural thickening) and diffuse pleural thickening.

These Regulations amend the Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988 to increase amounts payable under the Order. The increase in each case is 5 per cent., rounded up or down to the nearest £1 as appropriate.