The Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2014
Draft 2014, ISBN 9780111109564
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 2014
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(1)
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 46(3), 53(1) and 53(2)(b) of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008f1.
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
- f1
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 2014 and come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.
Regulation 2(a) applies only in relation to a person—
first diagnosed with mesothelioma on or after the day on which these Regulations come into force; or
where the date of the first diagnosis with mesothelioma is unknown, if a claim is made by that person on or after the day on which these Regulations come into force.
Regulation 2(b) applies only in relation to the dependant of a person who dies on or after the day on which these Regulations come into force.
2Amendment of the Schedule to the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) Regulations 2008
In the Schedule to the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) Regulations 2008f1—
for Table 1 substitute—
“
Table 1
Amount of lump sum payment to person with mesothelioma
Age of person with mesothelioma
at diagnosis or, if unknown,
date of claim
Payment
£
37 and under 85,580 38 83,916 39 82,256 40 80,595 41 78,931 42 77,270 43 76,441 44 75,606 45 74,778 46 73,947 47 73,115 48 70,792 49 68,466 50 66,136 51 63,812 52 61,480 53 59,821 54 58,160 55 56,501 56 54,833 57 53,173 58 48,854 59 44,531 60 40,216 61 35,893 62 31,573 63 28,912 64 26,252 65 23,598 66 20,938 67 18,280 68 17,738 69 17,196 70 16,660 71 16,121 72 15,581 73 15,122 74 14,654 75 14,205 76 13,754 77 and over 13,295 ”;
for Table 2 substitute—
“
Table 2
Amount of lump sum payment to dependant
Age of person with mesothelioma at death
Payment
£
37 and under 44,537 38 43,579 39 42,624 40 41,668 41 40,713 42 39,758 43 38,844 44 37,921 45 37,013 46 36,100 47 35,188 48 34,065 49 32,942 50 31,822 51 30,704 52 29,584 53 28,664 54 27,753 55 26,839 56 25,919 57 25,008 58 22,479 59 19,941 60 17,409 61 14,873 62 12,336 63 11,612 64 10,893 65 10,156 66 9,432 67 and over 7,374; ”
Signature
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Minister 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 the amount 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.