PART 1General

F1Recovery of specified lump sum payments from compensation payment under Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme4A.

The Secretary of State may recover the amount of a specified lump sum payment where—

(a)

a compensation payment in consequence of diffuse mesothelioma is made to or in respect of P, or to a dependant of P, and a lump sum payment has been, or is likely to be, made to P or in respect of P;

(b)

that compensation payment is a payment under the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme; and

(c)

the disease in consequence of which the specified lump sum payment was made is also diffuse mesothelioma.