The Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2021 No. 59

Social Security

The Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021

Made

10th March 2021

Coming into operation

1st April 2021

Approved by resolution of the Assembly on

21st June 2021

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) 2021 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2021.

(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 2021, 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 2021; and

(b) paragraph (b) applies only in relation to the dependant of a person who dies on or after 1st April 2021 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) 2020(3) are revoked.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 10th March 2021

(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, at date of claim		Payment
		£
	37 or under	94,296
	38	92,463
	39	90,633
	40	88,804
	41	86,971
	42	85,140
	43	84,227
	44	83,306
	45	82,394
	46	81,477
	47	80,562
	48	78,003
	49	75,440
	50	72,873
	51	70,312
	52	67,742
	53	65,913
	54	64,085
	55	62,258
	56	60,418
	57	58,587
	58	53,829
	59	49,066
	60	44,312
	61	39,550
	62	34,790
	63	31,859
	64	28,926
	65	26,001
	66	23,071
	67	20,142
	68	19,545
	69	18,946
	70	18,357
	71	17,761
	72	17,169
	73	16,662
	74	16,146
	75	15,652
	76	15,155
	77 or over	14,651”

PART 2

“Table 2

Amount of lump sum payment to dependant

Age of person with mesothelioma at death		Payment
		£
	37 or under	49,073
	38	48,018
	39	46,965
	40	45,913
	41	44,860
	42	43,808
	43	42,800
	44	41,784
	45	40,783
	46	39,777
	47	38,772
	48	37,536
	49	36,297
	50	35,063
	51	33,831
	52	32,596
	53	31,583
	54	30,580
	55	29,573
	56	28,559
	57	27,555
	58	24,768
	59	21,971
	60	19,182
	61	16,389
	62	13,593
	63	12,795
	64	12,003
	65	11,191
	66	10,392
	67 or over	8,124”

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 2021 in each case is 0.5 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. 2020 No. 36

(3)

S.R. 2020 No. 36