The Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024

Made8th March 2024

Coming into operation in accordance with regulation 1

The Department for Communities makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 11(1) and (4) of the Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers’ Compensation) (Northern Ireland) Order 19791 and now vested in it2.

Citation and commencementI11

These Regulations may be cited as the Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 and shall come into operation on the same day as the Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers’ Compensation) (Specified Diseases and Prescribed Occupations) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 20243.

Amendment of the Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) RegulationsI22

In regulation 2 of the Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 19884 (interpretation)—

a

for the definition of “disease” substitute—

“disease” means a disease to which the Order applies (as specified in Article 3(1) of the Order or in an order made under that Article);

b

omit the definition of “primary carcinoma of the lung”.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 8th March 2024

(L.S.)David TarrA senior officer of the Department for Communities

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Under the Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers’ Compensation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (“the 1979 Order”) lump sum payments may be made to certain persons disabled by a disease to which the 1979 Order applies, or to dependants of persons who were so disabled before they died. The diseases covered by the 1979 Order are pneumoconiosis, byssinosis, diffuse mesothelioma, and such other diseases as are specified by the Department.

Following amendments made to the diseases specified by the Department for the purposes of the 1979 Order, by the Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers’ Compensation) (Specified Diseases and Prescribed Occupations) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024, these Regulations make consequential amendments to the Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988 to amend the definition of “disease” and remove the definition of “primary carcinoma of the lung”.