The Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2011
Draft 2011, ISBN 9780111506042
Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under section 53(3) of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.
Social Security
Made 2011
Coming into force 1st April 2011
In accordance with section 53(3) of that Act, a draft of this instrument was laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
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Section 53(1) is cited for the meaning it gives to “regulations”.
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Contents
- 1Citation, commencement and application
- 2Amendment of the Schedule to the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) Regulations 2008
- Signature
- Explanatory note
1Citation, commencement and application
These Regulations may be cited as the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 and shall come into force on 1st April 2011.
Regulation 2(1) and (2) shall apply in relation to a person—
first diagnosed with mesothelioma on or after 1st April 2011; or
where the date of their first diagnosis with mesothelioma is unknown, if a claim is made by that person on or after 1st April 2011.
Regulation 2(1) and (3) shall apply in relation to the dependant of a person who dies on or after 1st April 2011.
2Amendment of the Schedule to the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) Regulations 2008
The Schedule to the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) Regulations 2008f1 is amended as follows.
For Table 1 substitute the following:—
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Table 1
Amount of lump sum payment to person with mesothelioma.
Age of person with mesothelioma at diagnosis, or if unknown, at date of claim
Payment
£
37 and under 77,506 38 75,999 39 74,495 40 72,991 41 71,485 42 69,980 43 69,229 44 68,472 45 67,723 46 66,971 47 66,217 48 64,113 49 62,007 50 59,896 51 57,791 52 55,680 53 54,177 54 52,673 55 51,171 56 49,660 57 48,156 58 44,245 59 40,330 60 36,422 61 32,507 62 28,594 63 26,184 64 23,776 65 21,372 66 18,963 67 16,555 68 16,065 69 15,574 70 15,088 71 14,600 72 14,110 73 13,695 74 13,272 75 12,865 76 12,456 77 and over 12,040. ”
For Table 2 substitute the following:—
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Table 2
Amount of lump sum payment to dependant
Age of person with mesothelioma at death
Payment
£
37 and under 40,335 38 39,468 39 38,603 40 37,738 41 36,873 42 36,008 43 35,180 44 34,343 45 33,521 46 32,694 47 31,868 48 30,851 49 29,835 50 28,819 51 27,807 52 26,793 53 25,959 54 25,134 55 24,306 56 23,474 57 22,649 58 20,358 59 18,060 60 15,766 61 13,470 62 11,172 63 10,517 64 9,866 65 9,198 66 8,542 67 and over 7,524. ”
Signature
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
Name
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Work and Pensions
Date
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Schedule to the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) Regulations 2008 by substituting revised tables of lump sum payments payable to people with mesothelioma or to their dependants.
A full impact assessment has not been published for this instrument as it has no impact on the private sector or civil society organisations.