Regulations made by the Department for Communities and laid before the Assembly under section 10(2) of the Mesothelioma, etc., Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 for approval of the Assembly before the expiration of six months from the date of their coming into operation
2024 No. 75
Social Security
The Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024
Made 25th March 2024
Coming into operation 1st April 2024
The Department for Communities makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(3), 9(1) and (2)(a) of the Mesothelioma, etc., Act (Northern Ireland) 2008.
Citation, commencement and application
1 

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2024.
(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 2024; 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 2024; and
(b) paragraph (b) applies only in relation to the dependant of a person who dies on or after 1st April 2024 and who, immediately before death, had diffuse mesothelioma.
Amendment of the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) Regulations
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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 25th March 2024
(L.S.)Patrick Rooney
A senior officer of the Department for Communities

SCHEDULE
Regulation 2
PART 1“

Table 1
Amount of lump sum payment to person with mesothelioma
Age of person with mesothelioma at first diagnosis, or, if unknown, date of claim Payment£
 37 or under 114,210
 38 111,989
 39 109,774
 40 107,558
 41 105,337
 42 103,120
 43 102,015
 44 100,899
 45 99,794
 46 98,684
 47 97,575
 48 94,476
 49 91,373
 50 88,262
 51 85,162
 52 82,048
 53 79,833
 54 77,619
 55 75,406
 56 73,177
 57 70,960
 58 65,197
 59 59,428
 60 53,670
 61 47,902
 62 42,137
 63 38,588
 64 35,035
 65 31,493
 66 27,943
 67 24,395
 68 23,672
 69 22,947
 70 22,234
 71 21,513
 72 20,795
 73 20,181
 74 19,556
 75 18,957
 76 18,356
 77 or over 17,745”
PART 2“

Table 2
Amount of lump sum payment to dependant
Age of person with mesothelioma at death Payment£
 37 or under 59,436
 38 58,159
 39 56,884
 40 55,609
 41 54,334
 42 53,060
 43 51,839
 44 50,608
 45 49,396
 46 48,177
 47 46,960
 48 45,464
 49 43,963
 50 42,468
 51 40,976
 52 39,479
 53 38,253
 54 37,038
 55 35,818
 56 34,590
 57 33,374
 58 29,999
 59 26,611
 60 23,233
 61 19,850
 62 16,463
 63 15,497
 64 14,538
 65 13,554
 66 12,586
 67 or over 9,840”