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STATUTORY RULES OF NORTHERN IRELAND


2007 No. 109

SOCIAL SECURITY

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

  Made 23rd February 2007 
  To be laid before Parliament under paragraph 7(3) of the Schedule to the Northern Ireland Act 2000
  Coming into operation 1st April 2007 

The Department for Social Development makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 3(3), 4(3) and 11(1) and (4) of the Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers' Compensation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1979[1] and now vested in it[2].

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

    (2) These Regulations shall apply in relation to any case in which a person first satisfies the conditions of entitlement to a payment under the Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers' Compensation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 on or after the date on which these Regulations come into operation.

Amendment of the Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers' Compensation) (Payment of Claims) Regulations
    
2. —(1) The Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers' Compensation) (Payment of Claims) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988[3] are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).

    (2) In regulations 5(2) and 7 (minimum amounts payable to dependant) for "£2,309" substitute "£2,392".

    (3) In regulation 6(1)(a) (payment where pneumoconiosis is accompanied by tuberculosis) for "£4,775", in both places where it occurs, substitute "£ 4,947".

    (4) For the Schedule substitute the Schedule set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.



Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on


23rd February 2007

L.S.


John O'Neill
A senior officer of the Department for Social Development


SCHEDULE
Regulation 2(4)








EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)


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

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

Regulation 2 of these Regulations amends the Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers' Compensation) (Payment of Claims) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988 to increase the amounts payable under the Order. The increase in each case is 3.6 per cent. rounded up or down to the nearest £1 as appropriate.

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


Notes:

[1] S.I. 1979/925 (N.I. 9); Articles 3 and 4 were amended by Article 22(a) and (b) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 (S.I. 1985/1209 (N.I. 16)) and paragraph 17(2) to (4) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/1888 (N.I. 18))back

[2] See Article 4(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481, the Department for Employment and Learning Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 (N.I. 15) and Article 3 of S.R. 2006 No. 192back

[3] S.R. 1988 No. 242; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2006 No. 87back

[4] 1992 c. 7back



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Prepared 29 March 2007


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