
1 

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (2022 Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 and shall come into operation on 27th March 2023.
(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 No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 are revoked.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 8th March 2023
(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”