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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-mesothelioma-lump-sum-payments-conditions-and-amounts-regulations-2008/note",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2008/9780110818603",
  "legislation_title": "The Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-mesothelioma-lump-sum-payments-conditions-and-amounts-regulations-2008",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations provide for a lump sum payment under section 46 of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 to a person with diffuse mesothelioma (mesothelioma) or the person’s dependant.\nRegulation 2 specifies certain payments, eligibility or receipt of which disqualifies from a lump sum payment.\nRegulation 3 prevents disqualification for payments which are liable to be repaid.\nRegulation 4 requires that the person with mesothelioma was in the United Kingdom during his or her exposure to asbestos.\nRegulation 5 and the Schedule set out the amounts payable to a person with mesothelioma or a dependant, based on the age of the person with mesothelioma.\nRegulation 6 amends the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) Regulations 1988 so that certain payments under the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) Act 1979 are reduced by the amount of a payment for mesothelioma.\nA full impact assessment has not been published for this instrument as it has no impact on the private or voluntary sectors.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2008/9780110818603/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:16:05.876675+00:00"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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