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

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Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2019 No. 57

Social Security

The Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019

Made

22nd March 2019

Coming into operation

1st April 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 F1.

Citation, commencement and applicationN.I.

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 and shall come into operation on 1st April 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) RegulationsN.I.

2.  In the Schedule to the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 F2

(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.

F2S.R. 2008 No. 354; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2019 No. 47

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 22nd March 2019

L.S.

Anne McCleary

A senior officer of the

Department for Communities

Regulation 2

SCHEDULEN.I.

Part 1 N.I.

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 claim Payment
£
37 and under 92,259
38 90,465
39 88,675
40 86,885
41 85,091
42 83,300
43 82,407
44 81,506
45 80,614
46 79,717
47 78,821
48 76,318
49 73,810
50 71,298
51 68,793
52 66,278
53 64,489
54 62,700
55 60,912
56 59,112
57 57,322
58 52,666
59 48,006
60 43,355
61 38,695
62 34,038
63 31,170
64 28,301
65 25,440
66 22,572
67 19,707
68 19,123
69 18,537
70 17,961
71 17,378
72 16,798
73 16,302
74 15,797
75 15,314
76 14,828
77 and over 14,334

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Table 2

Amount of lump sum payment to dependant

Age of person with mesothelioma at death Payment
£
37 and under 48,013
38 46,980
39 45,950
40 44,921
41 43,891
42 42,861
43 41,875
44 40,881
45 39,902
46 38,917
47 37,934
48 36,725
49 35,512
50 34,306
51 33,100
52 31,892
53 30,901
54 29,919
55 28,934
56 27,942
57 26,960
58 24,233
59 21,497
60 18,768
61 16,034
62 13,299
63 12,518
64 11,743
65 10,949
66 10,167
67 and over 7,949

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 2019 in each case is 2.4 per cent., rounded up or down to the nearest £1 as appropriate.