Regulations made by the Department for Communities and laid before the Assembly under section 10(2) of the Mesothelioma, etc., Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 for approval of the Assembly before the expiration of six months from the date of their coming into operation
Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
2024 No. 75
Social Security
The Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024
Made
25th March 2024
Coming into operation
1st April 2024
The Department for Communities makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(3), 9(1) and (2)(a) of the Mesothelioma, etc., Act (Northern Ireland) 2008(1).
Citation, commencement and applicationN.I.
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2024.
(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 2024; 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 2024; and
(b)paragraph (b) applies only in relation to the dependant of a person who dies on or after 1st April 2024 and who, immediately before death, had diffuse mesothelioma.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 1 in operation at 1.4.2024, see reg. 1(1)
Amendment of the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) RegulationsN.I.
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.
Commencement Information
I2Reg. 2(a) in operation at 1.4.2024, see reg. 1(1) and with application in accordance with reg. 1(2)(a)
I3Reg. 2(b) in operation at 1.4.2024, see reg. 1(1) and with application in accordance with reg. 1(2)(b)
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 25th March 2024
(L.S.)
Patrick Rooney
A senior officer of the Department for Communities
Regulation 2
SCHEDULEN.I.
PART 1N.I.
Commencement Information
I4Sch. Pt. 1 in operation at 1.4.2024, see reg. 1(1) and with application in accordance with reg. 1(2)(a)
“Table 1
Amount of lump sum payment to person with mesothelioma
Age of person with mesothelioma at first diagnosis, or, if unknown, date of claim | Payment £ | |
---|---|---|
37 or under | 114,210 | |
38 | 111,989 | |
39 | 109,774 | |
40 | 107,558 | |
41 | 105,337 | |
42 | 103,120 | |
43 | 102,015 | |
44 | 100,899 | |
45 | 99,794 | |
46 | 98,684 | |
47 | 97,575 | |
48 | 94,476 | |
49 | 91,373 | |
50 | 88,262 | |
51 | 85,162 | |
52 | 82,048 | |
53 | 79,833 | |
54 | 77,619 | |
55 | 75,406 | |
56 | 73,177 | |
57 | 70,960 | |
58 | 65,197 | |
59 | 59,428 | |
60 | 53,670 | |
61 | 47,902 | |
62 | 42,137 | |
63 | 38,588 | |
64 | 35,035 | |
65 | 31,493 | |
66 | 27,943 | |
67 | 24,395 | |
68 | 23,672 | |
69 | 22,947 | |
70 | 22,234 | |
71 | 21,513 | |
72 | 20,795 | |
73 | 20,181 | |
74 | 19,556 | |
75 | 18,957 | |
76 | 18,356 | |
77 or over | 17,745” |
PART 2N.I.
Commencement Information
I5Sch. Pt. 2 in operation at 1.4.2024, see reg. 1(1) and with application in accordance with reg. 1(2)(b)
“Table 2
Amount of lump sum payment to dependant
Age of person with mesothelioma at death | Payment £ | |
---|---|---|
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)
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 2024 in each case is 6.7 per cent, rounded up or down to the nearest £1 as appropriate.
2008 c. 9 (N.I.); see section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 5 (N.I.))
S.R. 2008 No. 354; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2024 No. 70