The Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2024 No. 47

Social Security

The Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024

Made

8th March 2024

Affirmed by resolution of the Assembly on 19th March 2024

Coming into operation in accordance with regulation 1(1)

The Department for Communities makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 3(3), 4(3) and 11(1) and (4) of the Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers’ Compensation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1979(1) and now vested in it(2).

Citation, commencement and application

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2024 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) (Payment of Claims) (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 on or after the day on which these Regulations come into operation.

Amendment of the Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) Regulations

2.—(1) The Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988(3) 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 “£3,322” substitute “£4,024”.

(3) In regulation 6(1)(a) (payment where pneumoconiosis is accompanied by tuberculosis) for “£6,872” substitute “£8,324”.

(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 8th March 2024

(L.S.)

David Tarr

A senior officer of the Department for Communities

Regulation (2)4

SCHEDULE

PART 1

“Table 1

Age of disabled person	Percentage assessment for the relevant period
	10% or under	11% - 20%	21% - 30%	31% - 40%	41% - 50%	51% - 60%	61% - 70%	71% - 80%	81% - 90%	91% - 100%
	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
37 or
under	46,569	83,166	97,575	100,350	103,120	105,337	107,556	109,774	111,989	114,210
38	45,238	79,833	94,636	98,024	100,899	103,120	105,337	107,556	109,774	111,989
39	43,907	76,507	91,699	95,692	98,688	100,610	103,120	105,337	107,556	109,774
40	42,581	73,177	88,761	93,360	96,461	98,684	100,899	103,120	105,337	107,558
41	41,248	69,856	85,827	91,026	94,252	96,461	98,684	100,899	103,120	105,337
42	39,909	66,534	82,882	88,711	92,034	94,252	96,461	98,684	100,899	103,120
43	37,923	62,645	79,946	86,933	90,484	93,145	95,359	97,575	99,794	102,015
44	35,922	58,766	77,002	85,162	88,929	92,034	94,252	96,461	98,684	100,899
45	33,931	54,886	74,067	83,384	87,379	90,919	93,145	95,359	97,575	99,794
46	31,935	51,010	71,133	81,613	85,827	89,819	92,034	94,252	96,461	98,684
47	29,941	47,125	68,190	79,833	84,274	88,711	90,919	93,145	95,359	97,575
48	28,220	45,573	65,868	76,289	81,613	85,598	87,822	90,039	92,250	94,476
49	26,501	44,021	63,538	72,740	78,953	82,494	84,713	86,933	89,152	91,373
50	24,782	42,469	61,252	69,193	76,289	79,389	81,613	83,827	86,041	88,262
51	23,064	40,916	58,877	65,641	73,623	76,289	78,526	80,719	82,942	85,162
52	21,344	39,362	56,550	62,093	70,960	73,177	75,406	77,619	79,833	82,048
53	19,735	36,596	52,999	58,990	68,302	70,960	73,177	75,406	77,619	79,833
54	18,128	33,822	49,450	55,893	65,641	68,751	70,960	73,177	75,406	77,619
55	16,526	31,051	45,910	52,779	62,979	66,534	68,751	70,960	73,177	75,406
56	14,912	28,274	42,358	49,676	60,321	64,310	66,534	68,751	70,960	73,177
57	13,308	25,500	38,811	46,569	57,669	62,095	64,310	66,534	68,751	70,960
58	12,250	23,176	34,656	41,797	51,891	55,997	58,380	60,712	62,980	65,197
59	11,198	20,845	30,491	37,037	46,125	49,895	52,445	54,886	57,215	59,428
60	10,150	18,515	26,335	32,266	40,365	43,799	46,509	49,068	51,453	53,670
61	9,091	16,186	22,181	27,499	34,594	37,700	40,580	43,247	45,685	47,902
62	8,038	13,860	18,018	22,728	28,830	31,601	34,656	37,427	39,909	42,137
63	7,486	12,529	16,186	20,322	25,645	28,381	31,267	33,931	36,368	38,588
64	6,943	11,198	14,360	17,905	22,451	25,172	27,890	30,438	32,817	35,035
65	6,377	9,871	12,529	15,500	19,270	21,954	24,506	26,947	29,275	31,493
66	5,825	8,540	10,700	13,084	16,080	18,738	21,123	23,448	25,725	27,943
67	5,270	7,208	8,867	10,673	12,891	15,528	17,745	19,957	22,181	24,395
68	5,125	6,979	8,565	10,234	12,450	14,912	17,049	19,350	21,481	23,672
69	4,991	6,765	8,265	9,785	12,007	14,305	16,360	18,738	20,795	22,947
70	4,851	6,547	7,956	9,343	11,562	13,689	15,666	18,128	20,096	22,234
71	4,714	6,318	7,651	8,896	11,115	13,084	14,973	17,520	19,409	21,513
72	4,575	6,098	7,346	8,456	10,673	12,477	14,273	16,909	18,708	20,795
73	4,458	5,990	7,236	8,290	10,504	12,199	14,000	16,469	18,159	20,181
74	4,352	5,876	7,123	8,125	10,343	11,918	13,724	16,026	17,602	19,556
75	4,245	5,771	7,016	7,956	10,171	11,643	13,444	15,579	17,049	18,957
76	4,130	5,652	6,901	7,789	10,004	11,369	13,170	15,136	16,488	18,356
77 or over	4,024	5,543	6,795	7,621	9,840	11,087	12,891	14,699	15,940	17,745”

PART 2

“PART A

Age of disabled person at his last birthday preceding death				Percentage assessment for the relevant period
		10% or under			11% - 20%		21% - 30%		31% - 49%		50% or over
			£			£		£		£		£
	37 or under	29,496			50,292		56,388		58,053		59,436
	38	28,831			48,404		54,722		56,388		58,159
	39	28,169			46,519		53,060		54,721		56,884
	40	27,498			44,629		51,395		53,060		55,609
	41	26,833			42,747		49,733		51,395		54,334
	42	26,174			40,869		48,067		49,733		53,060
	43	24,973			38,428		46,570		48,234		51,839
	44	23,784			35,979		45,070		46,739		50,608
	45	22.593			33,543		43,574		45,241		49,396
	46	21,400			31,101		41,950		43,744		48,177
	47	20,208			28,663		40,589		42,252		46,960
	48	19,297			27,996		39,479		41,086		45,464
	49	18,375			27,329		38,367		39,921		43,963
	50	17,464			26,663		37,262		38,749		42,468
	51	16,551			26,000		36,152		37,593		40,976
	52	15,636			25,338		35,042		36,427		39,479
	53	15,216			23,784		32,938		34,817		38,253
	54	14,802			22,230		30,826		33,210		37,038
	55	14,388			20,677		28,719		31,605		35,818
	56	13,973			19,126		26,611		29,999		34,590
	57	13,308			17,578		24,506		28,389		33,374
	58	12,250			16,463		22,099		25,564		29,999
	59	11,198			15,353		19,687		22,730		26,611
	60	10,150			14,253		17,269		19,904		23,233
	61	9,091			13,139		14,861		17,077		19,850
	62	8,038			12,036		12,445		14,253		16,463
	63	7,486			11,949		12,284		13,717		15,497
	64	6,943			11,198		12,110		13,195		14,538
	65	6,377			9,871		11,949		12,666		13,554
	66	5,825			8,540		10,700		12,142		12,586
	67 and over	4,024			5,543		6,795		7,621		9,840

PART B

Age of disabled person at his last birthday		Payment
preceding death		£
	37 or under	59,436
	38	58,159
	39	56,884
	40	55,609
	41	54,334
	42	53,060
	43	51,839
	44	50,608
	45	49,396
	46	48,177
	47	46,960
	48	45,464
	49	43,963
	50	42,468
	51	40,976
	52	39,479
	53	38,253
	54	37,038
	55	35,818
	56	34,590
	57	33,374
	58	29,999
	59	26,611
	60	23,233
	61	19,850
	62	16,463
	63	15,497
	64	14,538
	65	13,554
	66	12,586
	67 or over	9,840”

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Under the Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers’ Compensation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (S.I. 1979/925 (N.I.9)) (“the Order”) lump sum payments may be made to certain persons disabled by a disease to which the Order applies, or to dependants of persons who were so disabled before they died.

These Regulations amend the Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988 (S.R. 1988 No. 242) to increase the amounts payable under the Order.

By virtue of regulation 1(2), the amendments made by these Regulations apply only in relation to any case in which a person first fulfils the conditions of entitlement to a payment under the Order on or after the day on which these Regulations come into operation.

(1)

S.I. 1979/925 (N.I. 9); Articles 3 and 4 were amended by Article 22(a) and (b) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 (S.I. 1985/1209 (N.I. 16)), paragraph 17(2) to (4) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/1888 (N.I. 18)) and paragraphs 4 and 5 of Schedule 2 to the Mesothelioma Act 2014 (c. 1); Article 3 was amended by section 52(3) of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 (c.2 (N.I.)) and Article 4 was amended by Part 6 of Schedule 12 to the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006 (N.I. 1))

(2)

See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481, the Department for Employment and Learning Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 (c. 15 (N.I.)), Article 3 of S.R. 2006 No. 192 and section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 5 (N.I.))

(3)

S.R. 1988 No. 242; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2008 No. 352 and S.R. 2021 No. 55