
1 

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2025.
(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 2025; 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 2025; and
(b) paragraph (b) applies only in relation to the dependant of a person who dies on or after 1st April 2025 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.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 26th March 2025
(L.S.)Patrick Rooney
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 116,152
 38 113,893
 39 111,640
 40 109,386
 41 107,128
 42 104,873
 43 103,749
 44 102,614
 45 101,490
 46 100,362
 47 99,234
 48 96,082
 49 92,926
 50 89,762
 51 86,610
 52 83,443
 53 81,190
 54 78,939
 55 76,688
 56 74,421
 57 72,166
 58 66,305
 59 60,438
 60 54,582
 61 48,716
 62 42,853
 63 39,244
 64 35,631
 65 32,028
 66 28,418
 67 24,810
 68 24,074
 69 23,337
 70 22,612
 71 21,879
 72 21,149
 73 20,524
 74 19,888
 75 19,279
 76 18,668
 77 or over 18,047”
PART 2“

Table 2
Age of person with mesothelioma at death Payment£
 37 or under 60,446
 38 59,148
 39 57,851
 40 56,554
 41 55,258
 42 53,962
 43 52,720
 44 51,468
 45 50,236
 46 48,996
 47 47,758
 48 46,237
 49 44,710
 50 43,190
 51 41,673
 52 40,150
 53 38,903
 54 37,668
 55 36,427
 56 35,178
 57 33,941
 58 30,509
 59 27,063
 60 23,628
 61 20,187
 62 16,743
 63 15,760
 64 14,785
 65 13,784
 66 12,800
 67 or over 10,007”