Citation, commencement, application and extent

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 and come into force on 1st April 2023.

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

(a) first diagnosed with diffuse mesothelioma on or after 1st April 2023; 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 2023.

(3) Regulation 2(b) applies only in relation to the dependant of a person who dies on or after 1st April 2023 and who, immediately before their death, had diffuse mesothelioma.

(4) These Regulations extend to England and Wales and Scotland.

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 (together with the headings to the Table) substitute—

(b) for Table 2 (together with the headings to the Table) 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 10.1 per cent in each case, rounded up or down to the nearest £1 as appropriate.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.