1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2020 or the day after they are affirmed by resolution of the Assembly if later.
(2) These Regulations apply only in relation to any case in which a person first satisfies the conditions of entitlement to a payment under the Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers’ Compensation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 on or after the day on which these Regulations come into operation.
2.—(1) The Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988(1) are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).
(2) In regulation 5(2) (payment where death results from diffuse mesothelioma) and regulation 7 (minimum amount payable to dependant) for“£3,051” substitute “£3,305”.
(3) In regulation 6(1)(a) (payment where pneumoconiosis is accompanied by tuberculosis) for “£6,312”, in both places, substitute “£6,838”.
(4) In the Schedule—
(a)for Table 1, after the preamble, substitute the Table set out in Part 1 of the Schedule to these Regulations; and
(b)in Table 2 for Parts A and B substitute Parts A and B set out in Part 2 of the Schedule to these Regulations.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 6th March 2020
(L.S.)
Anne McCleary
A senior officer of the Department for Communities