2021 No. 59

Social Security

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.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I1

Reg. 1 in operation at 1.4.2021, see reg. 1(1)

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.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I2

Reg. 2 in operation at 1.4.2021, see reg. 1(1)

RevocationI33

The Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20203 are revoked.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I3

Reg. 3 in operation at 1.4.2021, see reg. 1(1)

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 10th March 2021

(L.S.)Anne McClearyA senior officer of the Department for Communities

SCHEDULE

Regulation 2

I4PART 1

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I4

Sch. Pt. 1 in operation at 1.4.2021, see reg. 1(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

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I5

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

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 2021 in each case is 0.5 per cent., rounded up or down to the nearest £1 as appropriate.