The Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2021
Draft 2021, ISBN 9780348218961
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 2021
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 2021 and come into force on 1st April 2021.
Regulation 2(a) applies only in relation to a person—
first diagnosed with diffuse mesothelioma on or after 1st April 2021; 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 2021.
Regulation 2(b) applies only in relation to the dependant of a person who dies on or after 1st April 2021 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 or under 94,296 38 92,463 39 90,633 40 88,804 41 86,971 42 85,140 43 84,227 44 83,306 45 82,394 46 81,477 47 80,562 48 78,003 49 75,440 50 72,873 51 70,312 52 67,742 53 65,913 54 64,085 55 62,258 56 60,418 57 58,587 58 53,829 59 49,066 60 44,312 61 39,550 62 34,790 63 31,859 64 28,926 65 26,001 66 23,071 67 20,142 68 19,545 69 18,946 70 18,357 71 17,761 72 17,169 73 16,662 74 16,146 75 15,652 76 15,155 77 or over 14,651 ”;
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 or under 49,073 38 48,018 39 46,965 40 45,913 41 44,860 42 43,808 43 42,800 44 41,784 45 40,783 46 39,777 47 38,772 48 37,536 49 36,297 50 35,063 51 33,831 52 32,596 53 31,583 54 30,580 55 29,573 56 28,559 57 27,555 58 24,768 59 21,971 60 19,182 61 16,389 62 13,593 63 12,795 64 12,003 65 11,191 66 10,392 67 or over 8,124 ”.
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 0.5 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.