The Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2023
Draft 2023, ISBN 9780348243512
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 2023
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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- f2
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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 2023 and come into force on 1st April 2023.
Regulation 2(a) applies only in relation to a person—
first diagnosed with diffuse mesothelioma on or after 1st April 2023; 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 2023.
Regulation 2(b) applies only in relation to the dependant of a person who dies on or after 1st April 2023 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 107,038 38 104,957 39 102,881 40 100,804 41 98,723 42 96,645 43 95,609 44 94,563 45 93,528 46 92,487 47 91,448 48 88,544 49 85,635 50 82,720 51 79,814 52 76,896 53 74,820 54 72,745 55 70,671 56 68,582 57 66,504 58 61,103 59 55,696 60 50,300 61 44,894 62 39,491 63 36,165 64 32,835 65 29,515 66 26,188 67 22,863 68 22,186 69 21,506 70 20,838 71 20,162 72 19,489 73 18,914 74 18,328 75 17,767 76 17,203 77 or over 16,631 ”;
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 55,704 38 54,507 39 53,312 40 52,117 41 50,922 42 49,728 43 48,584 44 47,430 45 46,294 46 45,152 47 44,011 48 42,609 49 41,202 50 39,801 51 38,403 52 37,000 53 35,851 54 34,712 55 33,569 56 32,418 57 31,278 58 28,115 59 24,940 60 21,774 61 18,604 62 15,429 63 14,524 64 13,625 65 12,703 66 11,796 67 or over 9,222 ”.
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 10.1 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.