Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2013 No. 57

Social Security

The Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013

Made

8th March 2013

Coming into operation

1st April 2013

Approved by resolution of the Assembly on

15th April 2013

The Department for Social Development makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1(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) 2013 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2013.

(2) In regulation 2—

(a)paragraph (a) applies only in relation to a person—

(i)first diagnosed with mesothelioma on or after 1st April 2013; or

(ii)where the date of their first diagnosis with mesothelioma is unknown, if a claim is made by that person on or after 1st April 2013; and

(b)paragraph (b) applies only in relation to the dependant of a person who dies on or after 1st April 2013.

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.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 8th March 2013

(L.S.)

Anne McCleary

A senior officer of the Department for Social Development

Regulation 2

SCHEDULE

Part 1

“Table 1

Amount of lump sum payment to person with mesothelioma

*Age of person with mesothelioma at diagnosis,*		*Payment*
*or, if unknown, at date of claim*			£
	37 and under	83,330
	38	81,710
	39	80,093
	40	78,476
	41	76,856
	42	75,239
	43	74,431
	44	73,618
	45	72,812
	46	72,003
	47	71,193
	48	68,931
	49	66,666
	50	64,397
	51	62,134
	52	59,864
	53	58,248
	54	56,631
	55	55,016
	56	53,391
	57	51,775
	58	47,570
	59	43,360
	60	39,159
	61	34,949
	62	30,743
	63	28,152
	64	25,562
	65	22,978
	66	20,388
	67	17,799
	68	17,272
	69	16,744
	70	16,222
	71	15,697
	72	15,171
	73	14,724
	74	14,269
	75	13,832
	76	13,392
	77 and over	12,945”

Part 2

“Table 2

Amount of lump sum payment to dependant


		£
37 and under	43,366
38	42,433
39	41,503
40	40,573
41	39,643
42	38,713
43	37,823
44	36,924
45	36,040
46	35,151
47	34,263
48	33,169
49	32,076
50	30,985
51	29,897
52	28,806
53	27,910
54	27,023
55	26,133
56	25,238
57	24,351
58	21,888
59	19,417
60	16,951
61	14,482
62	12,012
63	11,307
64	10,607
65	9,889
66	9,184
67 and over	7,180”

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 mesothelioma or to their dependants under the Mesothelioma, etc., Act (Northern Ireland) 2008. The increase in each case is 2.2 per cent., rounded up or down to the nearest £1 as appropriate.

(1)

2008 c. 9 (N.I.)

(2)

S.R. 2008 No. 354; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2012 No. 83