{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-diffuse-mesothelioma-payment-scheme-regulations-2014/regulation-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-diffuse-mesothelioma-payment-scheme-regulations-2014/regulation-19.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2014/9780111109106",
  "legislation_title": "The Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-diffuse-mesothelioma-payment-scheme-regulations-2014",
  "path": "regulation/19",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Payment",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies where a determination has been made to make a payment under the scheme to an applicant.\n(2) The payment must be made in a lump sum.\n(3) Subject to any conditions imposed under regulation 17, the payment—\n(a) may be made to the applicant by such means as the scheme administrator may determine; and\n(b) must be made either at the same time as the sending of the notice under regulation 18 or as soon afterwards as is reasonably practicable.\n(4) Where an applicant dies before a payment is made under the scheme (including an applicant who dies before a determination to make the payment is made), any payment which is to be made under the scheme must, where the condition in paragraph 5 is met, be made to the applicant’s personal representatives.\n(5) The condition is that any document that is by law sufficient evidence of the grant of—\n(a) probate of the will of a deceased applicant,\n(b) letters of administration of the estate of a deceased applicant, or\n(c) confirmation as executor of the deceased applicant,\nhas been provided to the scheme administrator.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2014/9780111109106/regulation/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:13:58.940842+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}