The Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2022
Draft 2022, ISBN 9780348230932
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 2022
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, application and extent
- 2Amendment of the Schedule to the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) Regulations 2008
- Signature
- Explanatory note
1Citation, commencement, application and extent
These Regulations may be cited as the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 and come into force on 1st April 2022.
Regulation 2(a) applies only in relation to a person—
first diagnosed with diffuse mesothelioma on or after 1st April 2022; 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 2022.
Regulation 2(b) applies only in relation to the dependant of a person who dies on or after 1st April 2022 and who, immediately before their death, had diffuse mesothelioma.
These Regulations extend to England and Wales and Scotland.
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 (together with the headings to the Table) 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 97,219 38 95,329 39 93,443 40 91,557 41 89,667 42 87,779 43 86,838 44 85,888 45 84,948 46 84,003 47 83,059 48 80,421 49 77,779 50 75,132 51 72,492 52 69,842 53 67,956 54 66,072 55 64,188 56 62,291 57 60,403 58 55,498 59 50,587 60 45,686 61 40,776 62 35,868 63 32,847 64 29,823 65 26,807 66 23,786 67 20,766 68 20,151 69 19,533 70 18,926 71 18,312 72 17,701 73 17,179 74 16,647 75 16,137 76 15,625 77 or over 15,105 ”;
for Table 2 (together with the headings to the Table) substitute—
“
Table 2
Amount of lump sum payment to dependant
Age of person with mesothelioma at death Payment
£
37 or under 50,594 38 49,507 39 48,421 40 47,336 41 46,251 42 45,166 43 44,127 44 43,079 45 42,047 46 41,010 47 39,974 48 38,700 49 37,422 50 36,150 51 34,880 52 33,606 53 32,562 54 31,528 55 30,490 56 29,444 57 28,409 58 25,536 59 22,652 60 19,777 61 16,897 62 14,014 63 13,192 64 12,375 65 11,538 66 10,714 67 or over 8,376 ”.
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 3.1 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.