2020 No. 36
The Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020
Approved by resolution of the Assembly on 16th June 2020
Made
Coming into operation
The Department for Communities makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(3) and 9(2)(a) and (3) of the Mesothelioma, etc., Act (Northern Ireland) 20081.
Citation, commencement and applicationI11
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2020.
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 2020, 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 2020; and
b
paragraph (b) applies only in relation to the dependant of a person who dies on or after 1st April 2020 and who, immediately before death, had diffuse mesothelioma.
Amendment of the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) RegulationsI22
In the Schedule to the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20082—
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.
RevocationI33
The Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20193 are revoked.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 18th March 2020
SCHEDULE
I4Part 1
Table 1Amount 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
93,827
38
92,003
39
90,182
40
88,362
41
86,538
42
84,716
43
83,808
44
82,892
45
81,984
46
81,072
47
80,161
48
77,615
49
75,065
50
72,510
51
69,962
52
67,405
53
65,585
54
63,766
55
61,948
56
60,117
57
58,296
58
53,561
59
48,822
60
44,092
61
39,353
62
34,617
63
31,700
64
28,782
65
25,872
66
22,956
67
20,042
68
19,448
69
18,852
70
18,266
71
17,673
72
17,084
73
16,579
74
16,066
75
15,574
76
15,080
77 and over
14,578
I5Part 2
Sch. Pt. 2 in operation at 1.4.2020, see reg. 1(1)
Table 2Amount of lump sum payment to dependant
Age of person with mesothelioma at death
Payment
£
37 and under
48,829
38
47,779
39
46,731
40
45,685
41
44,637
42
43,590
43
42,587
44
41,576
45
40,580
46
39,579
47
38,579
48
37,349
49
36,116
50
34,889
51
33,663
52
32,434
53
31,426
54
30,428
55
29,426
56
28,417
57
27,418
58
24,645
59
21,862
60
19,087
61
16,307
62
13,525
63
12,731
64
11,943
65
11,135
66
10,340
67 and over
8,084
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
Sch. Pt. 1 in operation at 1.4.2020, see reg. 1(1)