
1 

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2021.
(2) In regulation 2—
(a) paragraph (a) applies only in relation to a person—
(i) first diagnosed with diffuse mesothelioma on or after 1st April 2021, or
(ii) where the date of the first diagnosis with diffuse mesothelioma is unknown, if a claim under section 1(1) of the Mesothelioma, etc., Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 is made by that person on or after 1st April 2021; and
(b) paragraph (b) applies only in relation to the dependant of a person who dies on or after 1st April 2021 and who, immediately before death, had diffuse mesothelioma.
2 
In the Schedule to the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008—
(a) for Table 1 substitute the Table set out in Part 1 of the Schedule to these Regulations; and
(b) for Table 2 substitute the Table set out in Part 2 of the Schedule to these Regulations.
3 
The Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 are revoked.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 10th March 2021
(L.S.)Anne McCleary
A senior officer of the Department for Communities

SCHEDULE
Regulation 2
PART 1“

Table 1
Age of person with mesothelioma at first diagnosis, or, if unknown, at 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”
PART 2“

Table 2
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”