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

2025 No. 66

Social Security

The Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025

Made

26th March 2025

Coming into operation

1st April 2025

The Department for Communities makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(3) and 9(1) and (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) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2025.

(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 2025; 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 2025; and

(b) paragraph (b) applies only in relation to the dependant of a person who dies on or after 1st April 2025 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.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 26th March 2025

(L.S.)

Patrick Rooney

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, date of claim		Payment £
	37 or under	116,152
	38	113,893
	39	111,640
	40	109,386
	41	107,128
	42	104,873
	43	103,749
	44	102,614
	45	101,490
	46	100,362
	47	99,234
	48	96,082
	49	92,926
	50	89,762
	51	86,610
	52	83,443
	53	81,190
	54	78,939
	55	76,688
	56	74,421
	57	72,166
	58	66,305
	59	60,438
	60	54,582
	61	48,716
	62	42,853
	63	39,244
	64	35,631
	65	32,028
	66	28,418
	67	24,810
	68	24,074
	69	23,337
	70	22,612
	71	21,879
	72	21,149
	73	20,524
	74	19,888
	75	19,279
	76	18,668
	77 or over	18,047 ”

PART 2

“Table 2

Amount of lump sum payment to dependant

Age of person with mesothelioma at death		Payment £
	37 or under	60,446
	38	59,148
	39	57,851
	40	56,554
	41	55,258
	42	53,962
	43	52,720
	44	51,468
	45	50,236
	46	48,996
	47	47,758
	48	46,237
	49	44,710
	50	43,190
	51	41,673
	52	40,150
	53	38,903
	54	37,668
	55	36,427
	56	35,178
	57	33,941
	58	30,509
	59	27,063
	60	23,628
	61	20,187
	62	16,743
	63	15,760
	64	14,785
	65	13,784
	66	12,800
	67 or over	10,007 ”

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 diffuse mesothelioma or to their dependants under the Mesothelioma, etc., Act (Northern Ireland) 2008. The increase in the amounts paid from 1st April 2025 in each case is 1.7 per cent, rounded up or down to the nearest £1 as appropriate.

( 1)

2008 c. 9 (N.I.);seesection 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. 2024 No. 75

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