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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
2005 No. 414
SOCIAL SECURITY
The Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2005
Made
1st March 2005
Coming into force
1st April 2005
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 2005 and shall come into force on 1st April 2005.
(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 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 £2,180 there shall be substituted the amount £2,248;
(c) in regulation 6(1) (payment where pneumoconiosis is accompanied by tuberculosis), for the amount £4,509 (in both places) there shall be substituted the amount £4,649.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
Jane Kennedy
Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions
(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.
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 ACT
Age of disabled person
Extent of incapacity for the relevant period
Partial
Total
£
£
37 and under
46463
63808
38
44602
62568
39
42743
61329
40
40884
60091
41
39027
58851
42
37170
57612
43
35000
56994
44
32832
56371
45
30664
55754
46
28497
55135
47
26328
54515
48
25460
52781
49
24595
51048
50
23726
49310
51
22859
47577
52
21992
45840
53
20445
44602
54
18896
43364
55
17346
42127
56
15796
40884
57
14247
39646
58
12948
36426
59
11645
33202
60
10344
29985
61
9044
26762
62
7744
23540
63
6999
21557
64
6256
19574
65
5513
17594
66
4772
15611
67
4026
13629
68
3900
13226
69
3779
12822
70
3656
12421
71
3529
12020
72
3408
11617
73
3348
11275
74
3283
10927
75
3223
10591
76
3157
10254
77 and over
3096
9912
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).
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
Age of disabled person at his last birthday preceding death
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 further amend the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) (Payment of Claims) Regulations 1988 so as to increase the amounts payable under the Act. The increase in each case is 3.1 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.