The Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2017
Draft 2017, ISBN 9780111153345
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 2017
Coming into force 1st April 2017
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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- f2
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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 2017 and come into force on 1st April 2017.
Regulation 2(a) applies only in relation to a person—
first diagnosed with diffuse mesothelioma on or after 1st April 2017; 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 2017.
Regulation 2(b) applies only in relation to the dependant of a person who dies on or after 1st April 2017 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 first diagnosis or, if unknown, date of claim Payment
£
37 and under 87,473 38 85,772 39 84,075 40 82,378 41 80,677 42 78,979 43 78,132 44 77,278 45 76,432 46 75,582 47 74,732 48 72,358 49 69,981 50 67,599 51 65,224 52 62,840 53 61,144 54 59,447 55 57,751 56 56,046 57 54,349 58 49,934 59 45,516 60 41,106 61 36,687 62 32,272 63 29,552 64 26,833 65 24,120 66 21,401 67 18,684 68 18,131 69 17,576 70 17,029 71 16,477 72 15,926 73 15,456 74 14,978 75 14,519 76 14,058 77 and over 13,590 ”;
for Table 2 substitute—
“
Table 2
Amount of lump sum payment to dependant
Age of person with mesothelioma at death Payment
£
37 and under 45,522 38 44,543 39 43,566 40 42,590 41 41,614 42 40,637 43 39,703 44 38,760 45 37,832 46 36,898 47 35,966 48 34,819 49 33,670 50 32,526 51 31,383 52 30,238 53 29,298 54 28,367 55 27,433 56 26,492 57 25,561 58 22,976 59 20,382 60 17,794 61 15,202 62 12,609 63 11,869 64 11,134 65 10,381 66 9,640 67 and over 7,537 ”.
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 (S.I. 2008/1963) (“the 2008 Regulations”) by substituting revised tables of the amount of lump sum payments payable to people with diffuse mesothelioma or to their surviving dependants.
The substituted tables have the effect of increasing the amounts payable under the 2008 Regulations by 1 per cent in each case, rounded up or down to the nearest £1 as appropriate.
A full impact assessment has not been published for this instrument as it has no impact on the private sector or civil society organisations.