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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS


2007 No. 716

SOCIAL SECURITY

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

  Made 6th March 2007 
  Coming into force 1st April 2007 

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(1), (2) and (4) and 7 of the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) Act 1979[1].

     In accordance with section 7(3) of that Act, a draft of this instrument was laid before Parliament and 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 2007 and shall come into force on the 1st April 2007.

    (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]—



Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.


Jim Murphy
Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions

6th March 2007



SCHEDULE
Regulation 2(a)








EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)


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 before they died.

These Regulations amend the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) (Payment of Claims) Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988/668) so as to increase the amounts payable under the Act. The increase in each case is 3.6 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, charities and voluntary bodies.


Notes:

[1] 1979 c.41. Section 1 was amended by section 24 of the Social Security Act 1985 (c.53).back

[2] S.I. 1988/668, as amended by S.I. 1989/552, 1990/825, 1991/899, 1992/403, 1993/1158, 1995/1514, 1996/1979, 1997/1691, 1998/1840, 2000/1118, 2001/3525, 2004/726, 2005/414 and 2006/829.back

[3] 1992 c.4.back

[4] "the former Industrial Injuries Acts" is defined in section 2(3) of the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) Act 1979.back

[5] "the former Old Cases Acts" is defined in section 2(3) of the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) Act 1979.back



ISBN 978 0 11 075974 6


 © Crown copyright 2007

Prepared 13 March 2007


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