Statutory Instruments

2005 No. 414

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2005

Made

1st March 2005

Coming into force

1st April 2005

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 1(1), (2) and (4) and 7 of the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) Act 1979(1) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations, of which a draft has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament:

Citation, commencement and application

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 1st April 2005.

(2) These Regulations shall apply in relation to any case in which a person first fulfils the conditions of entitlement to a payment under the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) Act 1979 on or after the day on which they come into force.

Amendment of Regulations

2.  In the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) (Payment of Claims) Regulations 1988(2)—

(a) for the Schedule to those Regulations there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in the Schedule to these Regulations;

(b) in regulations 5(1) and 8 (minimum amounts payable to dependant), for the amount £2,180 there shall be substituted the amount £2,248;

(c) in regulation 6(1) (payment where pneumoconiosis is accompanied by tuberculosis), for the amount £4,509 (in both places) there shall be substituted the amount £4,649.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.

Jane Kennedy

Minister of State,

Department for Work and Pensions

1st March 2005

Regulation 2(a)

SCHEDULE

Regulations 3, 4, 5 and 6

“SCHEDULE

TABLE 1

(1) This table is for the determination of payments to disabled persons under regulation 3 (or, as the case may be, regulation 6), and for the determination of payments to dependants of deceased sufferers under regulation 4(1).

(2) The relevant period is the period specified in regulation 3(2) or (3) or, in the case of a disabled person to whom regulation 6 applies, the first period specified in regulation 6(1)(b).

(3) The age of the disabled person is his age determined in accordance with regulation 3(2) or (3) or, in the case of a disabled person to whom regulation 6 applies, regulation 6(1)(b). In determining the amount payable to a dependant of a disabled person under regulation 4(1), the age to be taken for the purpose of calculating the sum to be deducted from the amount which would have been payable to the disabled person had he still been alive is the age of the deceased at his last birthday preceding his death.

PART A PAYMENTS TO DISABLED PERSONS TO WHOM IS PAYABLE DISABLEMENT BENEFIT UNDER SECTION 108 OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS ACT 1992 OR UNDER ANY CORRESPONDING PROVISION OF THE FORMER INDUSTRIAL INJURIES ACTS, OR WOULD BE PAYABLE BUT FOR THE DISABLEMENT AMOUNTING TO LESS THAN THE APPROPRIATE PERCENTAGE

Age of disabled person	Percentage assessment for the relevant period
	10% - or less	11%-20%	21%-30%	31%-40%	41%-50%	51%-60%	61%-70%	71%-80%	81%-90%	91%-100%
	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
37 and under	26018	46463	54515	56064	57612	58851	60091	61329	62568	63808
38	25274	44602	52872	54765	56371	57612	58851	60091	61329	62568
39	24530	42743	51231	53461	55135	56371	57612	58851	60091	61329
40	23788	40884	49590	52159	53893	55135	56371	57612	58851	60091
41	23044	39027	47949	50857	52657	53893	55135	56371	57612	58851
42	22297	37170	46306	49561	51417	52657	53893	55135	56371	57612
43	21187	35000	44665	48567	50552	52038	53275	54515	55754	56994
44	20070	32832	43022	47577	49683	51417	52657	53893	55135	56371
45	18958	30664	41381	46585	48818	50796	52038	53275	54515	55754
46	17841	28497	39741	45595	47949	50179	51417	52657	53893	55135
47	16728	26328	38098	44602	47082	49561	50796	52038	53275	54515
48	15765	25460	36799	42621	45595	47821	49064	50302	51539	52781
49	14806	24595	35497	40638	44110	46089	47328	48567	49809	51048
50	13845	23726	34221	38656	42621	44354	45595	46833	48070	49310
51	12886	22859	32893	36673	41134	42621	43872	45096	46338	47577
52	11926	21992	31594	34691	39646	40884	42127	43364	44602	45840
53	11026	20445	29610	32957	38159	39646	40884	42127	43364	44602
54	10128	18896	27628	31225	36673	38410	39646	40884	42127	43364
55	9231	17346	25649	29487	35185	37170	38410	39646	40884	42127
56	8332	15796	23665	27753	33701	35929	37170	38410	39646	40884
57	7434	14247	21682	26018	32218	34692	35929	37170	38410	39646
58	6846	12948	19361	23352	28991	31285	32616	33919	35185	36426
59	6256	11645	17035	20691	25769	27876	29301	30664	31965	33202
60	5671	10344	14712	18026	22552	24470	25985	27413	28745	29985
61	5079	9044	12391	15362	19328	21063	22672	24160	25523	26762
62	4491	7744	10067	12699	16108	17656	19361	20908	22297	23540
63	4181	6999	9044	11354	14328	15857	17470	18958	20318	21557
64	3878	6256	8021	10004	12544	14063	15582	17005	18335	19574
65	3563	5513	6999	8660	10765	12265	13690	15055	16356	17594
66	3254	4772	5978	7308	8984	10469	11802	13101	14373	15611
67	2944	4026	4954	5962	7203	8675	9912	11151	12391	13629
68	2863	3900	4785	5715	6956	8332	9524	10810	12001	13226
69	2788	3779	4617	5468	6708	7992	9140	10469	11617	12822
70	2710	3656	4444	5219	6459	7649	8751	10128	11228	12421
71	2634	3529	4275	4969	6210	7308	8365	9789	10842	12020
72	2556	3408	4104	4725	5962	6971	7975	9447	10451	11617
73	2493	3348	4043	4631	5869	6815	7821	9201	10144	11275
74	2432	3283	3981	4538	5779	6658	7668	8953	9836	10927
75	2371	3223	3920	4444	5682	6505	7511	8703	9524	10591
76	2308	3157	3855	4353	5590	6352	7358	8457	9213	10254
77 and over	2248	3096	3795	4258	5497	6195	7203	8212	8906	9912

PART B PAYMENTS TO DISABLED PERSONS TO WHOM IS PAYABLE AN ALLOWANCE UNDER A SCHEME MADE OR HAVING EFFECT AS IF MADE UNDER SCHEDULE 8, PARAGRAPH 4 TO THE SOCIAL SECURITY CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS ACT 1992 OR UNDER ANY CORRESPONDING PROVISION OF THE FORMER OLD CASES ACT

Age of disabled person	Extent of incapacity for the relevant period
	Partial	Total
	£	£
37 and under	46463	63808
38	44602	62568
39	42743	61329
40	40884	60091
41	39027	58851
42	37170	57612
43	35000	56994
44	32832	56371
45	30664	55754
46	28497	55135
47	26328	54515
48	25460	52781
49	24595	51048
50	23726	49310
51	22859	47577
52	21992	45840
53	20445	44602
54	18896	43364
55	17346	42127
56	15796	40884
57	14247	39646
58	12948	36426
59	11645	33202
60	10344	29985
61	9044	26762
62	7744	23540
63	6999	21557
64	6256	19574
65	5513	17594
66	4772	15611
67	4026	13629
68	3900	13226
69	3779	12822
70	3656	12421
71	3529	12020
72	3408	11617
73	3348	11275
74	3283	10927
75	3223	10591
76	3157	10254
77 and over	3096	9912

TABLE 2

(1) This table is for the determination of payments to dependants of deceased sufferers under regulation 4(2) or (6).

(2) The relevant period is the period specified in regulation 3(2) or (3) or, in the case of a disabled person to whom regulation 6 applies, the first period specified in regulation 6(1)(b).

PART A PAYMENTS TO DEPENDANTS TO WHOM DEATH BENEFIT UNDER SECTION 108 OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS ACT 1992 IS PAYABLE, OR TO DEPENDANTS OF PERSONS TO WHOM DISABLEMENT BENEFIT UNDER THAT SECTION OR UNDER ANY CORRESPONDING PROVISION OF THE FORMER INDUSTRIAL INJURIES ACTS WAS PAYABLE, OR TO DEPENDANTS OF A PERSON TO WHOM DISABLEMENT BENEFIT WOULD HAVE BEEN PAYABLE IMMEDIATELY BEFORE HE DIED BUT FOR THE OCCURRENCE OF ONE OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES LISTED IN REGULATION 5(1)(a)(iii) OR BUT FOR HIS DISABLEMENT AMOUNTING TO LESS THAN THE APPROPRIATE PERCENTAGE, IN CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THE DISABLED PERSON DIED AS A RESULT OF A DISEASE OTHER THAN DIFFUSE MESOTHELIOMA

Age of disabled person at his last birthday preceding death	Percentage assessment for the relevant period
	10% or less	11%-20%	21%-30%	31%-49%	50% and over
	£	£	£	£	£
37 and under	12235	23853	27256	28189	28962
38	11864	22799	26329	27256	28248
39	11494	21745	25400	26328	27536
40	11117	20691	24470	25400	26824
41	10747	19640	23540	24470	26112
42	10379	18589	22611	23540	25400
43	9708	17223	21775	22704	24719
44	9044	15857	20935	21869	24030
45	8379	14495	20102	21032	23352
46	7712	13130	19194	20193	22672
47	7046	11768	18432	19361	21992
48	6537	11397	17813	18710	21155
49	6023	11026	17190	18059	20318
50	5513	10653	16573	17406	19482
51	5003	10282	15953	16758	18648
52	4491	9912	15334	16108	17813
53	4258	9044	14158	15208	17127
54	4026	8176	12978	14310	16448
55	3795	7308	11802	13413	15765
56	3563	6442	10624	12516	15081
57	3328	5577	9447	11617	14402
58	3113	4954	8102	10038	12516
59	2893	4335	6754	8457	10624
60	2680	3718	5405	6877	8736
61	2464	3096	4059	5297	6846
62	2248	2480	2710	3718	4954
63	2248	2432	2619	3421	4415
64	2248	2384	2523	3128	3878
65	2248	2340	2432	2833	3328
66	2248	2294	2340	2540	2788
67 and over	2248	2248	2248	2248	2248

PART B PAYMENTS TO DEPENDANTS TO WHOM DEATH BENEFIT UNDER A SCHEME MADE OR HAVING EFFECT AS IF MADE UNDER SCHEDULE 8, PARAGRAPH 4, TO THE SOCIAL SECURITY CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS ACT 1992 HAS BEEN PAID, OR TO DEPENDANTS OF PERSONS TO WHOM AN ALLOWANCE UNDER SUCH A SCHEME OR UNDER A SCHEME MADE OR HAVING EFFECT AS IF MADE UNDER ANY CORRESPONDING PROVISION OF THE FORMER OLD CASES ACTS WAS PAYABLE, IN CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THE DISABLED PERSON DIED AS A RESULT OF A DISEASE OTHER THAN DIFFUSE MESOTHELIOMA

Age of disabled person at his last birthday preceding death	Extent of incapacity for the relevant period
	Partial	Total
	£	£
37 and under	23853	28962
38	22799	28248
39	21745	27536
40	20691	26824
41	19640	26112
42	18589	25400
43	17223	24719
44	15857	24030
45	14495	23352
46	13130	22672
47	11768	21992
48	11397	21155
49	11026	20318
50	10653	19482
51	10282	18648
52	9912	17813
53	9044	17127
54	8176	16448
55	7308	15765
56	6442	15081
57	5577	14402
58	4954	12516
59	4335	10624
60	3718	8736
61	3096	6846
62	2480	4954
63	2432	4415
64	2384	3878
65	2340	3328
66	2294	2788
67 and over	2248	2248

PART C PAYMENTS TO DEPENDANTS OF PERSONS WHO DIED AS A RESULT OF DIFFUSE MESOTHELIOMA

Age of disabled person at his last birthday preceding death	Payment
	£
37 and under	28962
38	28248
39	27536
40	26824
41	26112
42	25400
43	24719
44	24030
45	23352
46	22672
47	21992
48	21155
49	20318
50	19482
51	18648
52	17813
53	17127
54	16448
55	15765
56	15081
57	14402
58	12516
59	10624
60	8736
61	6846
62	4954
63	4415
64	3878
65	3328
66	2788
67 and over	2248”

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Under the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) Act 1979 (“the Act”) lump sum payments may be made to certain persons disabled by a disease to which the Act applies, or to dependants of persons who were so disabled immediately before they died.

These Regulations further amend the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) (Payment of Claims) Regulations 1988 so as to increase the amounts payable under the Act. The increase in each case is 3.1 per cent, rounded up or down to the nearest £1 as appropriate.

The diseases to which the Act applies are pneumoconiosis, byssinosis, diffuse mesothelioma, primary carcinoma of the lung (where accompanied by asbestosis or diffuse pleural thickening) and diffuse pleural thickening.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the costs of business.

(1)

1979 c. 41: section 1 of the Act was amended by section 24 of the Social Security Act 1985 (c. 53).

(2)

S.I. 1988/668, as amended by S.I. 1989/552, 1990/825, 1991/899, 1992/403, 1993/1158, 1995/1514, 1996/1979, 1997/1691, 1998/1840, 2000/1118, 2001/3525 and 2004/726.