Citation, commencement and application

1.-(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 and come into force on 1st April 2017.

(2) Regulation 2(a) applies only in relation to a person-

(a)first diagnosed with diffuse mesothelioma on or after 1st April 2017; or

(b)where the date of the first diagnosis with diffuse mesothelioma is unknown, if a claim under section 46(1) of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 is made by that person on or after 1st April 2017.

(3) Regulation 2(b) applies only in relation to the dependant of a person who dies on or after 1st April 2017 and who, immediately before their death, had diffuse mesothelioma.

Amendment of the Schedule to the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) Regulations 2008

2.  In the Schedule to the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) Regulations 2008(3)-

(a)for Table 1 substitute-

(b)for Table 2 substitute-

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Schedule to the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1963) ("the 2008 Regulations") by substituting revised tables of the amount of lump sum payments payable to people with diffuse mesothelioma or to their surviving dependants.

The substituted tables have the effect of increasing the amounts payable under the 2008 Regulations by 1 per cent in each case, rounded up or down to the nearest £1 as appropriate.

A full impact assessment has not been published for this instrument as it has no impact on the private sector or civil society organisations.