The Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2019
Draft 2019, ISBN 9780111178232
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 2019
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, and approved by, a 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 2019 and come into force on 1st April 2019.
Regulation 2(a) applies only in relation to a person—
first diagnosed with diffuse mesothelioma on or after 1st April 2019; 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 2019.
Regulation 2(b) applies only in relation to the dependent of a person who dies on or after 1st April 2019 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 92,259 38 90,465 39 88,675 40 86,885 41 85,091 42 83,300 43 82,407 44 81,506 45 80,614 46 79,717 47 78,821 48 76,318 49 73,810 50 71,298 51 68,793 52 66,278 53 64,489 54 62,700 55 60,912 56 59,112 57 57,322 58 52,666 59 48,006 60 43,355 61 38,695 62 34,038 63 31,170 64 28,301 65 25,440 66 22,572 67 19,707 68 19,123 69 18,537 70 17,961 71 17,378 72 16,798 73 16,302 74 15,797 75 15,314 76 14,828 77 and over 14,334 ”;
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 48,013 38 46,980 39 45,950 40 44,921 41 43,891 42 42,861 43 41,875 44 40,881 45 39,902 46 38,917 47 37,934 48 36,725 49 35,512 50 34,306 51 33,100 52 31,892 53 30,901 54 29,919 55 28,934 56 27,942 57 26,960 58 24,233 59 21,497 60 18,768 61 16,034 62 13,299 63 12,518 64 11,743 65 10,949 66 10,167 67 and over 7,949 ”.
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 2.4 per cent in each case, rounded up or down to the nearest £1 as appropriate.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.