These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) (Lump Sum Payments) Regulations 2008 and shall come into force on 1st October 2008.

In these Regulations—

• “the Act” means the Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997;

• F1 “the 2014 Act ” means the Mesothelioma Act 2014;

• “compensator” means a person making a compensation payment F2and includes the scheme administrator who makes a payment in accordance with the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme;

• F7“Compensation Recovery Unit” means the Compensation Recovery Unit, part of the Department for Work and Pensions, at Wear View House, 1 Eden Street West, Sunderland, SR1 3EY;

• F3“Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme” means the scheme established by the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme Regulations 2014;

• F4“lump sum payment” means a payment to which any of paragraphs (a) to (d) of section 1A(2) of the Act applies, except in relation to regulation 18(1)(b);

• “recoverable benefits” has the same meaning as in section 1(4)(c) of the Act;

• F5“recoverable lump sum payment”—

  1. a

     in relation to a compensation payment which is a payment under the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme, means any specified lump sum payment which is recoverable by virtue of regulation 4A;

  2. b

     in relation to any other description of compensation payment, means any lump sum payment which is recoverable by virtue of regulation 4;

• F6“specified lump sum payment” means a lump sum payment within paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of section 1A(2) of the Act;