The Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010

Approved by resolution of the Assembly on 21st June 2010

Made

31st March 2010

Coming into operation

1st April 2010

The Department for Social Development makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1(3) of the Mesothelioma, etc., Act (Northern Ireland) 2008(1).

Citation, commencement and application

1.–(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2010.

(2) In regulation 2–

(a) paragraph (a) shall apply in relation to a person–

(i) first diagnosed with mesothelioma on or after 1st April 2010; or

(ii) where the date of their first diagnosis with mesothelioma is unknown, if a claim is made by that person on or after 1stApril 2010; and

(b) paragraph (b) shall apply in relation to the dependant of a person who dies on or after 1st April 2010.

Amendment of the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) Regulations

2. In the Schedule to the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008(2)–

(a) for Table 1 substitute the Table set out in Part 1 of the Schedule to these Regulations; and

(b) for Table 2 substitute the Table set out in Part 2 of the Schedule to these Regulations.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 31st March 2010

(L.S.)

Anne McCleary

A senior officer of the Department for Social Development

Regulation 2

SCHEDULE

Part 1

"Table 1

Amount of lump sum payment to person with mesothelioma

*Age of person with mesothelioma at diagnosis,*
*or, if unknown, at date of claim*			£
	37 and under	75,176
	38	73,714
	39	72,255
	40	70,796
	41	69,336
	42	67,876
	43	67,147
	44	66,413
	45	65,687
	46	64,957
	47	64,226
	48	62,185
	49	60,143
	50	58,095
	51	56,053
	52	54,006
	53	52,548
	54	51,089
	55	49,632
	56	48,167
	57	46,708
	58	42,915
	59	39,117
	60	35,327
	61	31,530
	62	27,734
	63	25,397
	64	23,061
	65	20,729
	66	18,393
	67	16,057
	68	15,582
	69	15,106
	70	14,634
	71	14,161
	72	13,686
	73	13,283
	74	12,873
	75	12,478
	76	12,081
	77 and over	11,678"

Part 2

"Table 2

Amount of lump sum payment to dependant


		£
37 and under	39,122
38	38,281
39	37,442
40	36,603
41	35,764
42	34,925
43	34,122
44	33,310
45	32,513
46	31,711
47	30,910
48	29,923
49	28,938
50	27,952
51	26,971
52	25,987
53	25,178
54	24,378
55	23,575
56	22,768
57	21,968
58	19,746
59	17,517
60	15,292
61	13,065
62	10,836
63	10,201
64	9,569
65	8,921
66	8,285
67 and over	7,298"

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 to increase amounts of lump sums payable to people with mesothelioma or to their dependants under the Mesothelioma, etc., Act (Northern Ireland) 2008.

(1)

2008 c. 9 (N.I.) Back [1]

(2)

S.R. 2008 No. 354 Back [2]

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