# The Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme (Levy) Regulations 2014, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations require active insurers, (defined in the Mesothelioma Act 2014 (“the Act”) as a person, who at any time during a reference period, is an authorised insurer within the meaning of the Employers’ Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969 or the Employer’s Liability (Defective Equipment and Compulsory Insurance) (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 (S.I.1972/963 (N.I.6)), to pay a share of the total amount of an annual levy based on an active insurer’s relative market share (defined in the Regulations as the payment amount), for the purpose of meeting the costs of the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme (“the Scheme”). The Scheme, established under powers set out in the Act, makes payments to eligible people with Diffuse Mesothelioma (diagnosed on or after 25th July 2012), or eligible dependants of people who have died of Diffuse Mesothelioma.
Regulation 1 defines certain terms used in the Regulations.
Regulation 2 imposes an obligation on active insurers to pay towards the cost of the total amount of the levy based on their relative market share in the reference period.
Regulation 3 defines the “reference period” as being a 12 month period ending on 31st December falling within each financial year and sets out when the first reference period ends and when the first financial year ends.
Regulation 4 sets out how an active insurer’s relative market share in a reference period and the payment amount an active insurer is to pay, are determined.
Regulation 5 paragraphs (1) to (3) set out the information to be given to active insurers including information about the date or dates in the financial year by which payment is required. Regulation 5(5) requires the Secretary of State to publish certain information regarding the costs of the Scheme.
Regulation 6 provides for any unpaid payment amount to be recoverable as a debt due to the Secretary of State.
A full impact assessment was produced for the Mesothelioma Bill and a copy is available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/286525/mesothelioma-payment-scheme-ia-mar-2014.pdf. A copy of that impact assessment can be obtained from the Department for Work and Pensions, Caxton House, Tothill Street, London SW1H 9NA.These Regulations have no separate impact on the private sector or civil society organisations from that outlined in the impact assessment which accompanied the Bill.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/2904/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/diffuse-mesothelioma-payment-scheme-levy-regulations-2014/note
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