Mesothelioma Act 2014
Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme
1Power to establish the scheme
Eligibility
2Eligible people with diffuse mesothelioma
3Eligible dependants
Payments and procedure
4Payments
5Applications and procedure
6Reviews and appeals
Scheme administration
7Scheme administration
8Unauthorised disclosure of information: offence
9Unauthorised disclosure of information: penalties etc
Recovery of payments etc
10Power of scheme administrator to help people bring proceedings
11Recovery of benefits etc from payments and recovery of payments
Relationship with other legislation
12Exclusion of payments under other legislation
Levy on insurers
13The levy
14Collecting information for purposes of levy
Insurance disputes
15Technical Committee to decide certain insurance disputes
16Challenging decisions of the Technical Committee
General
17Regulations under this Act
18Defined terms used in more than one section of this Act
19Commencement
20Extent
21Short title
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1Recovery of benefits etc from payments and recovery of payments
Part 1Recovery of benefits etc from scheme payments
Recovery of benefits etc from scheme payments: England and Wales and Scotland
1The Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997 is amended...
2In section 1(2)— (a) omit the word “or” at the...
3After section 8 insert— Reduction of payment under Diffuse Mesothelioma...
4In section 10 after subsection (3) insert—
5In section 11(2) after paragraph (b) insert— but the scheme...
6In section 13(2) after paragraph (c) insert— but the scheme...
7In section 29 at the end insert— “scheme administrator”, in...
8In the following provisions after “section 8” insert “ or...
Recovery of benefits etc from scheme payments: Northern Ireland
9The Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997...
10In Article 2(2) at the appropriate place insert— “scheme administrator”,...
11In Article 3(2)— (a) omit the word “or” at the...
12After Article 10 insert— Reduction of payment under Diffuse Mesothelioma...
13In Article 12 after paragraph (3) insert—
14In Article 13(2) after sub-paragraph (b) insert— but the scheme...
15In Article 15(2) after sub-paragraph (c) insert— but the scheme...
16In the following provisions after “Article 10” insert “ or...
Part 2Recovery of scheme payments from compensation
Recovery of scheme payments from compensation: England and Wales and Scotland
17(1) Section 1A of the Social Security (Recovery of Benefits)...
Recovery of scheme payments from compensation: Northern Ireland
18(1) Article 3A of the Social Security (Recovery of Benefits)...
Part 3Information sharing
19In section 23 of the Social Security (Recovery of Benefits)...
20In Article 25 of the Social Security (Recovery of Benefits)...
21In section 3 of the Social Security Act 1998 (use...
SCHEDULE 2Exclusion of payments under other legislation
Exclusion of payments under other legislation: England and Wales and Scotland
1In section 2 of the Pneumoconiosis etc (Workers' Compensation) Act...
2In section 47(3) of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments...
Exclusion of payments under other legislation: Northern Ireland
3The Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers' Compensation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (S.I....
4In Article 3(3) at the end of sub-paragraph (b) (but...
5In Article 4(3) at the end of sub-paragraph (c) (but...
6In section 2(3) of the Mesothelioma, etc., Act (Northern Ireland)...

Mesothelioma Act 2014

2014 c. 1

An Act to establish a Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme and make related provision; and to make provision about the resolution of certain insurance disputes.

Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—