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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
1998 No. 1840
SOCIAL SECURITY
The Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) (Payment of Claims) Amendment Regulations 1998
Made
25th July 1998
Coming into force
1st September 1998
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 1(1), (2) and (4) and 7 of the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) Act 1979[1] and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following regulations, of which a draft has been 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 1998 and shall come into force on 1st September 1998.
(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 the Regulations 2.
In the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) (Payment of Claims) Regulations 1988[2] -
(a) for the Schedule to those Regulations there shall be substituted 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 £1,852 there shall be substituted the amount £1,943;
(c) in regulation 6(1) (payment where pneumoconiosis is accompanied by tuberculosis), for the amount £3,832 (in both places) there shall be substituted the amount £4,020.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Angela Eagle
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
(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(3) or, in the case of a disabled person to whom regulation 6 applies, the period specified in regulation 6(1)(b).
(3) The age to be taken for the purpose of determining the amount payable to a disabled person is his age on the date specified in regulation 3(2) or 3(3) or, in the case of a disabled person to whom regulation 6 applies, his age on the date specified in 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.
PAYMENTS TO DISABLED PERSONS TO WHOM IS PAYABLE DISABLEMENT BENEFIT UNDER SECTION 108 OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS ACT 1992 OR UNDER ANY CORRESPONDING PROVISION OF THE FORMER INDUSTRIAL INJURIES ACTS, OR WOULD BE PAYABLE BUT FOR THE DISABLEMENT AMOUNTING TO LESS THAN THE APPROPRIATE PERCENTAGE
PAYMENTS TO DISABLED PERSONS TO WHOM IS PAYABLE AN ALLOWANCE UNDER A SCHEME MADE OR HAVING EFFECT AS IF MADE UNDER SCHEDULE 8, PARAGRAPH 4 TO THE SOCIAL SECURITY CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS ACT 1992 OR UNDER ANY CORRESPONDING PROVISION OF THE FORMER OLD CASES ACTS
Age of disabled person
Extent of incapacity for the relevant period
Partial £
Total £
37 and under
40,187
55,188
38
38,578
54,117
39
36,970
53,045
40
35,362
51,975
41
33,756
50,901
42
32,149
49,830
43
30,273
49,296
44
28,397
48,757
45
26,522
48,223
46
24,648
47,688
47
22,772
47,151
48
22,020
45,652
49
21,272
44,152
50
20,522
42,650
51
19,772
41,150
52
19,021
39,649
53
17,683
38,578
54
16,343
37,506
55
15,003
36,437
56
13,662
35,362
57
12,323
34,291
58
11,200
31,506
59
10,072
28,717
60
8,947
25,935
61
7,822
23,146
62
6,698
20,360
63
6,054
18,646
64
5,411
16,930
65
4,768
15,218
66
4,128
13,502
67
3,482
11,788
68
3,374
11,439
69
3,268
11,090
70
3,162
10,744
71
3,053
10,397
72
2,948
10,049
73
2,896
9,752
74
2,839
9,451
75
2,787
9,161
76
2,731
8,869
77 and over
2,678
8,573
TABLE
2
(1) Table 2 is for the determination of payments to dependants of deceased sufferers who died as a result of the disease under regulation 4(2) or regulation 4(b).
(2) The relevant period is the period specified in regulation 3(2) or 3(3) or, in the case of a disabled person to whom regulation 6 applies (Payment where pneumoconiosis is accompanied by tuberculosis), the period specified in regulation 6(1)(b).
PAYMENTS TO DEPENDANTS TO WHOM DEATH BENEFIT UNDER SECTION 108 OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS ACT 1992 IS PAYABLE, OR TO DEPENDANTS OF PERSONS TO WHOM DISABLEMENT BENEFIT UNDER THAT SECTION OR UNDER ANY CORRESPONDING PROVISION OF THE FORMER INDUSTRIAL INJURIES ACTS WAS PAYABLE, OR TO 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, IN CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THE DISABLED PERSON DIED AS A RESULT OF A DISEASE OTHER THAN DIFFUSE MESOTHELIOMA
PAYMENTS TO DEPENDANTS TO WHOM DEATH BENEFIT UNDER A SCHEME MADE OR HAVING EFFECT AS IF MADE UNDER SCHEDULE 8, PARAGRAPH 4, TO THE SOCIAL SECURITY CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS ACT 1992 HAS BEEN PAID, OR TO DEPENDANTS OF PERSONS TO WHOM AN ALLOWANCE 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 WAS PAYABLE, IN CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THE DISABLED PERSON DIED AS A RESULT OF A DISEASE OTHER THAN DIFFUSE MESOTHELIOMA
Age of disabled person at his last birthday preceding death
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 immediately before they died.
These Regulations amend the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) (Payment of Claims) Regulations 1988, as amended, so as to increase the amount payable under the Act. The increase in each case is 4.9 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.