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
I1Reg. 1 in operation at 1.4.2024, see reg. 1(1)