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2007 No. 716

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2007

  Made 6th March 2007 
  Coming into force 1st April 2007 

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(1), (2) and (4) and 7 of the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) Act 1979[1].

     In accordance with section 7(3) of that Act, a draft of this instrument was laid before Parliament and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.

Citation, commencement and application
     1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 and shall come into force on the 1st April 2007.

    (2) These Regulations shall apply in relation to any case in which a person first fulfils the conditions of entitlement to a payment under the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) Act 1979 on or after the day on which they come into force.

Amendment of Regulations
    
2. In the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) (Payment of Claims) Regulations 1988[2]—

    (a) for the Schedule to those Regulations substitute the Schedule set out in the Schedule to these Regulations;

    (b) in regulations 5(1) and 8 (minimum amounts payable to dependant), for the amount "£2,309" substitute the amount "£2,392";

    (c) in regulation 6(1) (payment where pneumoconiosis is accompanied by tuberculosis), for the amount "£4,775" (in both places) substitute the amount "£4,947".



Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.


Jim Murphy
Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions

6th March 2007



SCHEDULE
Regulation 2(a)





    " SCHEDULE
    Regulations 3, 4, 5 and 6

    TABLE 1
         1. This table is for the determination of payments to disabled persons under regulation 3 (or, as the case may be, regulation 6), and for the determination of payments to dependants of deceased sufferers under regulation 4(1).

         2. The relevant period is the period specified in regulation 3(2) or (3) or, in the case of a disabled person to whom regulation 6 applies, the first period specified in regulation 6(1)(b).

         3. The age of the disabled person is his age determined in accordance with regulation 3(2) or (3) or, in the case of a disabled person to whom regulation 6 applies, regulation 6(1)(b). In determining the amount payable to a dependant of a disabled person under regulation 4(1), the age to be taken for the purpose of calculating the sum to be deducted from the amount which would have been payable to the disabled person had he still been alive is the age of the deceased at his last birthday preceding his death.

         4. Part A of the table prescribes payments to disabled persons to whom Disablement Benefit is payable under section 108 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992[
    3], or under any corresponding provision of the former Industrial Injuries Acts[4], or would be payable but for the disablement amounting to less than the appropriate percentage.

         5. Part B of the table prescribes payments to disabled persons to whom an allowance is payable under a scheme made or having effect as if made under paragraph 4 of Schedule 8 to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, or under any corresponding provision of the former Old Cases Acts[5].



    PART A

    Age of Percentage assessment for the relevant period
    disabled 10% 11% - 21% - 31% - 41% - 51% - 61% - 71% - 81% - 91% -
    person or less 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
               £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £
    37 and under 27682 49435 58002 59651 61298 62616 63935 65252 66571 67890
    38 26891 47455 56254 58268 59977 61298 62616 63935 65252 66571
    39 26099 45477 54508 56881 58662 59977 61298 62616 63935 65252
    40 25310 43499 52762 55496 57341 58662 59977 61298 62616 63935
    41 24518 41524 51016 54110 56026 57341 58662 59977 61298 62616
    42 23723 39548 49268 52732 54706 56026 57341 58662 59977 61298
    43 22542 37239 47522 51674 53786 55367 56683 58002 59321 60640
    44 21354 34932 45774 50621 52861 54706 56026 57341 58662 59977
    45 20171 32626 44028 49565 51941 54046 55367 56683 58002 59321
    46 18982 30320 42283 48512 51016 53389 54706 56026 57341 58662
    47 17798 28012 40535 47455 50094 52732 54046 55367 56683 58002
    48 16774 27089 39153 45348 48512 50880 52203 53520 54836 56158
    49 15753 26168 37768 43238 46932 49037 50356 51674 52995 54314
    50 14731 25244 36410 41129 45348 47191 48512 49829 51145 52464
    51 13710 24321 34997 39019 43765 45348 46679 47981 49302 50621
    52 12689 23399 33615 36910 42182 43499 44822 46138 47455 48772
    53 11731 21753 31504 35065 40600 42182 43499 44822 46138 47455
    54 10776 20105 29395 33223 39019 40867 42182 43499 44822 46138
    55 9822 18456 27290 31373 37436 39548 40867 42182 43499 44822
    56 8865 16807 25179 29528 35857 38227 39548 40867 42182 43499
    57 7910 15158 23069 27682 34279 36911 38227 39548 40867 42182
    58 7284 13776 20600 24846 30846 33286 34703 36089 37436 38756
    59 6656 12390 18125 22015 27417 29659 31175 32626 34010 35326
    60 6034 11006 15653 19179 23995 26035 27647 29167 30584 31903
    61 5404 9623 13184 16345 20564 22410 24122 25706 27156 28474
    62 4778 8239 10711 13511 17138 18785 20600 22246 23723 25046
    63 4448 7447 9623 12080 15245 16871 18588 20171 21618 22936
    64 4126 6656 8534 10644 13346 14963 16579 18093 19508 20826
    65 3791 5866 7447 9214 11454 13050 14566 16018 17402 18720
    66 3462 5077 6360 7776 9559 11139 12557 13939 15292 16610
    67 3132 4284 5271 6343 7664 9230 10546 11864 13184 14501
    68 3046 4149 5091 6081 7401 8865 10133 11502 12769 14072
    69 2966 4021 4912 5818 7137 8503 9725 11139 12360 13642
    70 2883 3890 4728 5553 6872 8138 9311 10776 11946 13216
    71 2803 3755 4548 5287 6607 7776 8900 10415 11536 12789
    72 2720 3626 4367 5027 6343 7417 8485 10051 11120 12360
    73 2652 3562 4302 4927 6244 7251 8321 9790 10793 11996
    74 2588 3493 4236 4828 6149 7084 8159 9526 10465 11626
    75 2523 3429 4171 4728 6045 6921 7991 9260 10133 11269
    76 2456 3359 4102 4631 5948 6758 7829 8998 9802 10910
    77 and over 2392 3294 4038 4530 5849 6591 7664 8737 9476 10546



    PART B

    Age of disabled person Extent of incapacity for the relevant period
               Partial Total
               £ £
    37 and under 49435 67890
    38 47455 66571
    39 45477 65252
    40 43499 63935
    41 41524 62616
    42 39548 61298
    43 37239 60640
    44 34932 59977
    45 32626 59321
    46 30320 58662
    47 28012 58002
    48 27089 56158
    49 26168 54314
    50 25244 52464
    51 24321 50621
    52 23399 48772
    53 21753 47455
    54 20105 46138
    55 18456 44822
    56 16807 43499
    57 15158 42182
    58 13776 38756
    59 12390 35326
    60 11006 31903
    61 9623 28474
    62 8239 25046
    63 7447 22936
    64 6656 20826
    65 5866 18720
    66 5077 16610
    67 4284 14501
    68 4149 14072
    69 4021 13642
    70 3890 13216
    71 3755 12789
    72 3626 12360
    73 3562 11996
    74 3493 11626
    75 3429 11269
    76 3359 10910
    77 and over 3294 10546

    TABLE 2
         1. This table is for the determination of payments to dependants of deceased sufferers under regulation 4(2) or (6).

         2. The relevant period is the period specified in regulation 3(2) or (3) or, in the case of a disabled person to whom regulation 6 applies, the first period specified in regulation 6(1)(b).

         3. —(1) Parts A and B of the table prescribe payments to dependants of disabled persons who died as a result of a disease other than diffuse mesothelioma.

        (2) Part C of the table prescribes payments to dependants of disabled persons who died as a result of diffuse mesothelioma.

         4. Part A of the table prescribes payments to—

      (a) dependants to whom death benefit under section 108 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 is payable;

      (b) dependants of a person to whom disablement benefit under that section or under any corresponding provision of the former Industrial Injuries Acts was payable immediately before he died;

      (c) dependants of a person to whom disablement benefit would have been payable immediately before he died but for the occurrence of one of the circumstances listed in regulation 5(1)(a)(iii), or but for his disablement amounting to less than the appropriate percentage.

         5. Part B of the table prescribes payments to—

      (a) dependants to whom death benefit has been paid under a scheme made or having effect as if made under paragraph 4 of Schedule 8 to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;

      (b) dependants of persons to whom an allowance was payable under such a scheme or under a scheme made or having effect as if made under any corresponding provision of the former Old Cases Acts.



    PART A

    Age of disabled Percentage assessment for the relevant period
    person at his 10% or less 11% -20% 21% -30% 31% -49% 50% and over
    last birthday £ £ £ £ £
    preceding death                                                       
    37 and under 13018 25379 29000 29992 30815
    38 12623 24257 28013 29000 30055
    39 12229 23136 27025 28012 29298
    40 11828 22015 26035 27025 28540
    41 11435 20896 25046 26035 27782
    42 11043 19778 24057 25046 27025
    43 10329 18325 23168 24156 26300
    44 9623 16871 22274 23268 25567
    45 8915 15422 21388 22377 24846
    46 8205 13970 20422 21485 24122
    47 7497 12521 19611 20600 23399
    48 6955 12126 18953 19907 22508
    49 6408 11731 18290 19214 21618
    50 5866 11334 17633 18519 20728
    51 5323 10940 16974 17830 19841
    52 4778 10546 16315 17138 18953
    53 4530 9623 15064 16181 18223
    54 4284 8699 13808 15225 17500
    55 4038 7776 12557 14271 16774
    56 3791 6854 11304 13317 16046
    57 3541 5934 10051 12360 15323
    58 3312 5271 8620 10680 13317
    59 3078 4612 7186 8998 11304
    60 2851 3956 5751 7317 9295
    61 2622 3294 4319 5636 7284
    62 2392 2639 2883 3956 5271
    63 2392 2588 2787 3640 4697
    64 2392 2537 2684 3328 4126
    65 2392 2490 2588 3014 3541
    66 2392 2441 2490 2702 2966
    67 and over 2392 2392 2392 2392 2392



    PART B

    Age of disabled person at his last Extent of incapacity for the relevant period
    birthday preceding death Partial Total
               £ £
    37 and under 25379 30815
    38 24257 30055
    39 23136 29298
    40 22015 28540
    41 20896 27782
    42 19778 27025
    43 18325 26300
    44 16871 25567
    45 15422 24846
    46 13970 24122
    47 12521 23399
    48 12126 22508
    49 11731 21618
    50 11334 20728
    51 10940 19841
    52 10546 18953
    53 9623 18223
    54 8699 17500
    55 7776 16774
    56 6854 16046
    57 5934 15323
    58 5271 13317
    59 4612 11304
    60 3956 9295
    61 3294 7284
    62 2639 5271
    63 2588 4697
    64 2537 4126
    65 2490 3541
    66 2441 2966
    67 and over 2392 2392



    PART C

    Age of disabled person at his last birthday Payment
    preceding death £
    37 and under 30815
    38 30055
    39 29298
    40 28540
    41 27782
    42 27025
    43 26300
    44 25567
    45 24846
    46 24122
    47 23399
    48 22508
    49 21618
    50 20728
    51 19841
    52 18953
    53 18223
    54 17500
    55 16774
    56 16046
    57 15323
    58 13317
    59 11304
    60 9295
    61 7284
    62 5271
    63 4697
    64 4126
    65 3541
    66 2966
    67 and over 2392"




EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)


Under the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) Act 1979 ("the Act") lump sum payments may be made to certain persons disabled by a disease to which the Act applies, or to dependants of persons who were so disabled before they died.

These Regulations amend the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) (Payment of Claims) Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988/668) so as to increase the amounts payable under the Act. The increase in each case is 3.6 per cent rounded up or down to the nearest £1 as appropriate.

The diseases to which the Act applies are pneumoconiosis, byssinosis, diffuse mesothelioma, primary carcinoma of the lung (where accompanied by asbestosis or diffuse pleural thickening) and diffuse pleural thickening.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the costs of business, charities and voluntary bodies.


Notes:

[1] 1979 c.41. Section 1 was amended by section 24 of the Social Security Act 1985 (c.53).back

[2] S.I. 1988/668, as amended by S.I. 1989/552, 1990/825, 1991/899, 1992/403, 1993/1158, 1995/1514, 1996/1979, 1997/1691, 1998/1840, 2000/1118, 2001/3525, 2004/726, 2005/414 and 2006/829.back

[3] 1992 c.4.back

[4] "the former Industrial Injuries Acts" is defined in section 2(3) of the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) Act 1979.back

[5] "the former Old Cases Acts" is defined in section 2(3) of the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) Act 1979.back



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