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.