Citation, commencement and application1.
(1)
These Regulations may be cited as the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2017.
(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 2017; 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 2017; and
(b)
paragraph (b) applies only in relation to the dependant of a person who dies on or after 1st April 2017 and who, immediately before death, had diffuse mesothelioma.
Amendment of the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) Regulations2.
(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 Communities on 21st March 2017