
1 

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2022.
(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 2022, 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 2022; and
(b) paragraph (b) applies only in relation to the dependant of a person who dies on or after 1st April 2022 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) 2021 are revoked.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 22nd March 2022
(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, 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”
PART 2“

Table 2
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”