Regulation 6 Amendment of Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) Regulations 1988

At the end of regulation 3 of the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) Regulations 1988^f1 (payments to persons disabled by disease), add—

“(5)

Where—

(a)

a payment is made to a person under section 46 of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 (the mesothelioma payment) in respect of diffuse mesothelioma,

(b)

subsequently it is determined that the same person is entitled to a payment under section 1(1) of the Act in respect of the same diffuse mesothelioma,

the amount payable under paragraph (1) shall be reduced by the amount of the mesothelioma payment.”.