Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
2013 No. 57
Social Security
The Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013
Made
8th March 2013
Coming into operation
1st April 2013
Approved by resolution of the Assembly on
15th April 2013
The Department for Social Development makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1(3) of the Mesothelioma, etc., Act (Northern Ireland) 2008(1).
Citation, commencement and application
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2013.
(2) In regulation 2—
(a)paragraph (a) applies only in relation to a person—
(i)first diagnosed with mesothelioma on or after 1st April 2013; or
(ii)where the date of their first diagnosis with mesothelioma is unknown, if a claim is made by that person on or after 1st April 2013; and
(b)paragraph (b) applies only in relation to the dependant of a person who dies on or after 1st April 2013.
Amendment of the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) Regulations
2. In the Schedule to the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008(2)—
(a)for Table 1 substitute the Table set out in Part 1 of the Schedule to these Regulations; and
(b)for Table 2 substitute the Table set out in Part 2 of the Schedule to these Regulations.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 8th March 2013
(L.S.)
Anne McCleary
A senior officer of the Department for Social Development
Regulation 2
SCHEDULE
Part 1
“Table 1
Amount of lump sum payment to person with mesothelioma
| Age of person with mesothelioma at diagnosis, | Payment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| or, if unknown, at date of claim | £ | ||
| 37 and under | 83,330 | ||
| 38 | 81,710 | ||
| 39 | 80,093 | ||
| 40 | 78,476 | ||
| 41 | 76,856 | ||
| 42 | 75,239 | ||
| 43 | 74,431 | ||
| 44 | 73,618 | ||
| 45 | 72,812 | ||
| 46 | 72,003 | ||
| 47 | 71,193 | ||
| 48 | 68,931 | ||
| 49 | 66,666 | ||
| 50 | 64,397 | ||
| 51 | 62,134 | ||
| 52 | 59,864 | ||
| 53 | 58,248 | ||
| 54 | 56,631 | ||
| 55 | 55,016 | ||
| 56 | 53,391 | ||
| 57 | 51,775 | ||
| 58 | 47,570 | ||
| 59 | 43,360 | ||
| 60 | 39,159 | ||
| 61 | 34,949 | ||
| 62 | 30,743 | ||
| 63 | 28,152 | ||
| 64 | 25,562 | ||
| 65 | 22,978 | ||
| 66 | 20,388 | ||
| 67 | 17,799 | ||
| 68 | 17,272 | ||
| 69 | 16,744 | ||
| 70 | 16,222 | ||
| 71 | 15,697 | ||
| 72 | 15,171 | ||
| 73 | 14,724 | ||
| 74 | 14,269 | ||
| 75 | 13,832 | ||
| 76 | 13,392 | ||
| 77 and over | 12,945” | ||
Part 2
“Table 2
Amount of lump sum payment to dependant
| Age of person with mesothelioma at death | Payment | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | ||||||
| 37 and under | 43,366 | |||||
| 38 | 42,433 | |||||
| 39 | 41,503 | |||||
| 40 | 40,573 | |||||
| 41 | 39,643 | |||||
| 42 | 38,713 | |||||
| 43 | 37,823 | |||||
| 44 | 36,924 | |||||
| 45 | 36,040 | |||||
| 46 | 35,151 | |||||
| 47 | 34,263 | |||||
| 48 | 33,169 | |||||
| 49 | 32,076 | |||||
| 50 | 30,985 | |||||
| 51 | 29,897 | |||||
| 52 | 28,806 | |||||
| 53 | 27,910 | |||||
| 54 | 27,023 | |||||
| 55 | 26,133 | |||||
| 56 | 25,238 | |||||
| 57 | 24,351 | |||||
| 58 | 21,888 | |||||
| 59 | 19,417 | |||||
| 60 | 16,951 | |||||
| 61 | 14,482 | |||||
| 62 | 12,012 | |||||
| 63 | 11,307 | |||||
| 64 | 10,607 | |||||
| 65 | 9,889 | |||||
| 66 | 9,184 | |||||
| 67 and over | 7,180” | |||||
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 to increase amounts of lump sums payable to people with mesothelioma or to their dependants under the Mesothelioma, etc., Act (Northern Ireland) 2008. The increase in each case is 2.2 per cent., rounded up or down to the nearest £1 as appropriate.
S.R. 2008 No. 354; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2012 No. 83