The Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme Regulations 2014

1. Introductory Text

2. 1. Citation

3. 2. Commencement and ceasing to have effect

4. 3. Interpretation

5. 4. Establishment of the scheme

6. Scheme administrator

   1. 5. General duties of the scheme administrator

7. Eligibility

   1. 6. First diagnosis of diffuse mesothelioma and specified payments

   2. 7. Circumstances in which a person is to be treated as unable to bring an action

8. Applications and procedure

   1. 8. The application

   2. 9. Time limit for making an application

   3. 10. Power of scheme administrator to obtain additional documents or evidence

   4. 11. Request to applicants to provide additional documents or evidence

   5. 12. Duty of applicants

   6. 13. Request to third parties to provide documents

   7. 14. Withdrawal of an application by person with diffuse mesothelioma

   8. 15. Notice for a person to cease to be an eligible dependant

9. Determination of applications

   1. 16. Determination of applications

   2. 17. Imposing conditions on the making of a payment

   3. 18. Notice of a determination

10. Payments

    1. 19. Payment

    2. 20. Circumstances in which a person may be required to repay

11. Reviews and appeals

    1. 21. Review at the request of an applicant

    2. 22. Review initiated by the scheme administrator

    3. 23. Other circumstances in which a review may be held

    4. 24. Conduct of the review

    5. 25. Appeal

12. Scheme administrator’s functions to help people bring proceedings

    1. 26. Circumstances in which scheme administrator may help people to bring proceedings

13. Review of these Regulations

    1. 27. Review of these Regulations by the Secretary of State

14. Signature

15. 1. SCHEDULE 1

       First diagnosis of diffuse mesothelioma

       1. 1. In this Schedule— “P” means a person with diffuse mesothelioma;...

       2. 2. Application by a person with diffuse mesothelioma

       3. 3. The conditions referred to in paragraph 2(a) are—

       4. 4. (1) The date of P’s first diagnosis is to be...

       5. 5. (1) In determining whether the conditions set out in paragraph...

       6. 6. Application by a dependant of a person with diffuse mesothelioma

       7. 7. If the conditions set out in paragraph 3 were met...

       8. 8. (1) In any other case, P is to be taken...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

       Specified Payments

    3. SCHEDULE 3

       Information and other material in support of an application

       1. PART 1 The application

          1. 1. An applicant may be required to state whether the applicant...

          2. 2. An applicant within paragraph 1(a) or (b) may be required...

          3. 3. An applicant within paragraph 1(b) may also be required to...

       2. PART 2 Key issues

          1. 4. The key issues to be addressed by the information and...

       3. PART 3 Supporting evidence

          1. 5. Supporting evidence that may be required in relation to an...

          2. 6. (1) Any witness statement that is provided must be signed...

    4. SCHEDULE 4

       Amount of Scheme Payments

16. Explanatory Note