46Lump sum paymentsE+W+S
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(1)A claim for a payment under this Part may be made by—
(a)a person with diffuse mesothelioma, or
(b)a dependant of a person who, immediately before death, had diffuse mesothelioma.
(2)The Secretary of State must make the payment to the claimant if satisfied that the conditions of entitlement in section 47 are fulfilled.
(3)Regulations—
(a)may prescribe the amount of any payment;
(b)may prescribe different amounts for different cases or classes of cases or for different circumstances.
(4)In this Part—
(5)Where, because of section 3(1)(b) or (d) of the 1979 Act (children, siblings etc.), a payment may be claimed by two or more persons, the payment is to be made to one of them or divided between some or all of them as the Secretary of State thinks fit.