The Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2015
Draft 2015, ISBN 9780111126707
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 ***
Coming into force 1st April 2015
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 46(3) and 53(1) and (2)(b) of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008f1.
In accordance with section 53(3)f2 of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008, a draft of this instrument was laid before Parliament and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
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Section 53 was amended by the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5), Schedule 11, paragraph 18.
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 2015 and come into force on 1st April 2015.
Regulation 2(a) applies only in relation to a person—
first diagnosed with diffuse mesothelioma on or after 1st April 2015; or
where the date of the first diagnosis with diffuse mesothelioma is unknown, if a claim under section 46(1) of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 is made by that person on or after 1st April 2015.
Regulation 2(b) applies only in relation to the dependant of a person who dies on or after 1st April 2015 and who, immediately before their death, had diffuse mesothelioma.
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 86,607 38 84,923 39 83,243 40 81,562 41 79,878 42 78,197 43 77,358 44 76,513 45 75,675 46 74,834 47 73,992 48 71,642 49 69,288 50 66,930 51 64,578 52 62,218 53 60,539 54 58,858 55 57,179 56 55,491 57 53,811 58 49,440 59 45,065 60 40,699 61 36,324 62 31,952 63 29,259 64 26,567 65 23,881 66 21,189 67 18,499 68 17,951 69 17,402 70 16,860 71 16,314 72 15,768 73 15,303 74 14,830 75 14,375 76 13,919 77 and over 13,455 ”;
for Table 2 substitute—
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Table 2
Amount of lump sum payment to dependant
Age of person with mesothelioma at death Payment
£
37 and under 45,071 38 44,102 39 43,135 40 42,168 41 41,202 42 40,235 43 39,310 44 38,376 45 37,457 46 36,533 47 35,610 48 34,474 49 33,337 50 32,204 51 31,072 52 29,939 53 29,008 54 28,086 55 27,161 56 26,230 57 25,308 58 22,749 59 20,180 60 17,618 61 15,051 62 12,484 63 11,751 64 11,024 65 10,278 66 9,545 67 and over 7,462 ”.
Signature
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Name
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 diffuse mesothelioma or to their surviving 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.