Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
The Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) (Payment of Claims) Regulations 1988 (the 1988 Regulations) prescribe the amount of payments to be made under the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) Act 1979 (“the Act”), as amended by the Social Security Act 1985 and the Social Security Act 1986, to persons disabled by a disease to which the Act applies (namely pneumoconiosis, byssinosis, diffuse mesothelioma, primary carcinoma of the lung (where accompanied by asbestosis or bilateral diffuse pleural thickening) and bilateral diffuse pleural thickening) or to dependants of persons who immediately before they died were disabled by such a disease.
These Regulations amend the 1988 Regulations by increasing the amount of those payments in any case in which a person first becomes entitled to a payment on or after the date when these Regulations come into force. The increase in each case is 8% rounded up or down to the nearest £1 as appropriate. The Regulations also make minor drafting amendments to the 1988 Regulations.