The Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022

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

2022 No. 137

Social Security

The Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022

Made

22nd March 2022

Coming into operation

1st April 2022

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) 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) 2022 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2022.

(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 2022, 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 2022; and

(b) paragraph (b) applies only in relation to the dependant of a person who dies on or after 1st April 2022 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.

Revocation

3.  The Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021(3) are revoked.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 22nd March 2022

(L.S.)

Anne McCleary

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	97,219
	38	95,329
	39	93,443
	40	91,557
	41	89,667
	42	87,779
	43	86,838
	44	85,888
	45	84,948
	46	84,003
	47	83,059
	48	80,421
	49	77,779
	50	75,132
	51	72,492
	52	69,842
	53	67,956
	54	66,072
	55	64,188
	56	62,291
	57	60,403
	58	55,498
	59	50,587
	60	45,686
	61	40,776
	62	35,868
	63	32,847
	64	29,823
	65	26,807
	66	23,786
	67	20,766
	68	20,151
	69	19,533
	70	18,926
	71	18,312
	72	17,701
	73	17,179
	74	16,647
	75	16,137
	76	15,625
	77 or over	15,105”

PART 2

“Table 2

Amount of lump sum payment to dependant

Age of person with mesothelioma at death		Payment
				£
	37 or under	50,594
	38	49,507
	39	48,421
	40	47,336
	41	46,251
	42	45,166
	43	44,127
	44	43,079
	45	42,047
	46	41,010
	47	39,974
	48	38,700
	49	37,422
	50	36,150
	51	34,880
	52	33,606
	53	32,562
	54	31,528
	55	30,490
	56	29,444
	57	28,409
	58	25,536
	59	22,652
	60	19,777
	61	16,897
	62	14,014
	63	13,192
	64	12,375
	65	11,538
	66	10,714
	67 or over	8,376”

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 2022 in each case is 3.1 per cent., rounded up or down to the nearest £1 as appropriate.

(1)

2008 c. 9 (N.I.); see section 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. 2021 No. 59

(3)

S.R. 2021 No. 59