2021 No. 59
The Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021
Approved by resolution of the Assembly on 21st June 2021
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) 2021 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2021.
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 2021, 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 2021; and
b
paragraph (b) applies only in relation to the dependant of a person who dies on or after 1st April 2021 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) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20203 are revoked.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 10th March 2021
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 or under
94,296
38
92,463
39
90,633
40
88,804
41
86,971
42
85,140
43
84,227
44
83,306
45
82,394
46
81,477
47
80,562
48
78,003
49
75,440
50
72,873
51
70,312
52
67,742
53
65,913
54
64,085
55
62,258
56
60,418
57
58,587
58
53,829
59
49,066
60
44,312
61
39,550
62
34,790
63
31,859
64
28,926
65
26,001
66
23,071
67
20,142
68
19,545
69
18,946
70
18,357
71
17,761
72
17,169
73
16,662
74
16,146
75
15,652
76
15,155
77 or over
14,651
I5PART 2
Sch. Pt. 2 in operation at 1.4.2021, see reg. 1(1)
Table 2Amount of lump sum payment to dependant
Age of person with mesothelioma at death
Payment
£
37 or under
49,073
38
48,018
39
46,965
40
45,913
41
44,860
42
43,808
43
42,800
44
41,784
45
40,783
46
39,777
47
38,772
48
37,536
49
36,297
50
35,063
51
33,831
52
32,596
53
31,583
54
30,580
55
29,573
56
28,559
57
27,555
58
24,768
59
21,971
60
19,182
61
16,389
62
13,593
63
12,795
64
12,003
65
11,191
66
10,392
67 or over
8,124
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
Sch. Pt. 1 in operation at 1.4.2021, see reg. 1(1)