The Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019


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Regulations made by the Department for Communities and laid before the Assembly under section 10(2) of the Mesothelioma, etc., Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 for approval of the Assembly before the expiration of six months from the date of their coming into operation

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2019 No. 187

Social Security

The Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019

Made

26th September 2019

Coming into operation

27th September 2019

The Department for Communities makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(3) and 9(2)(a) 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 No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 and shall come into operation on 27th September 2019.

(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 2019, 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 2019; and

(b)paragraph (b) applies only in relation to the dependant of a person who dies on or after 1st April 2019 and who, immediately before death, had diffuse mesothelioma.

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.

Revocation

3.  The Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019(3) are revoked.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 26th September 2019

(L.S.)

Anne McCleary

A senior officer of the Department for Communities

Regulation 2

SCHEDULE

Part 1

"Table 1

Amount of lump sum payment to person with mesothelioma

Age of person with mesothelioma at first diagnosis, or, if unknown, at date of claimPayment
£
37 and under92,259
3890,465
3988,675
4086,885
4185,091
4283,300
4382,407
4481,506
4580,614
4679,717
4778,821
4876,318
4973,810
5071,298
5168,793
5266,278
5364,489
5462,700
5560,912
5659,112
5757,322
5852,666
5948,006
6043,355
6138,695
6234,038
6331,170
6428,301
6525,440
6622,572
6719,707
6819,123
6918,537
7017,961
7117,378
7216,798
7316,302
7415,797
7515,314
7614,828
77 and over14,334"

Part 2

"Table 2

Amount of lump sum payment to dependant

Age of person with mesothelioma at deathPayment
£
37 and under48,013
3846,980
3945,950
4044,921
4143,891
4242,861
4341,875
4440,881
4539,902
4638,917
4737,934
4836,725
4935,512
5034,306
5133,100
5231,892
5330,901
5429,919
5528,934
5627,942
5726,960
5824,233
5921,497
6018,768
6116,034
6213,299
6312,518
6411,743
6510,949
6610,167
67 and over7,949"

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations revoke and re-enact the provisions of the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 which would otherwise cease to have effect by virtue of section 10(2) of the Mesothelioma, etc., Act (Northern Ireland) 2008. 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 diffuse mesothelioma or to their dependants under the Mesothelioma, etc., Act (Northern Ireland) 2008. The increase in the amounts paid from 1st April 2019 in each case is 2.4 per cent., rounded up or down to the nearest £1 as appropriate.

(1)

2008 c. 9 (N.I.); see section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c.5 (N.I.))

(2)

S.R. 2008 No. 354; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2019 No. 57


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