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Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2001

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CitationSI 2001/3525

2001 No. 3525

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2001

Made 30th October 2001

Coming into force 1st December 2001

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 19791and 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:—

S-1 Citation, commencement and application

Citation, commencement and application

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 1st December 2001.

(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.

S-2 Amendment of the Regulations

Amendment of the Regulations

2. In the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) (Payment of Claims) Regulations 19882—

(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 £1,992 there shall be substituted the amount £2,068;

(c) in regulation 6(1) (payment where pneumoconiosis is accompanied by tuberculosis), for the amount £4,121 (in both places) there shall be substituted the amount £4,278.

Alan Whitehead

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions

30th October 2001

SCHEDULE

Regulation 2(a)

SCHEDULE

“SCHEDULE

Regulations 3, 4, 5 and 6

TABLE 1

SCH-1.1

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).

SCH-1.2

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 first period specified in regulation 6(1)(b).

SCH-1.3

3 The age of the disabled person is his age determined in accordance with regulation 3(2), or 3(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.

PART A

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

Age of disabled person

Percentage assessment for the relevant period

10%–or less

11%–20%

21%–30%

31%–40%

41%–50%

51%–60%

61%–70%

71%–80%

81%–90%

91%–100%

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

37 and under

23943

42757

50167

51592

53017

54157

55298

56437

57578

58718

38

23258

41045

48655

50397

51875

53017

54157

55298

56437

57578

39

22573

39334

47145

49197

50737

51875

53017

54157

55298

56437

40

21891

37623

45635

47999

49595

50737

51875

53017

54157

55298

41

21206

35915

44124

46801

48457

49595

50737

51875

53017

54157

42

20519

34205

42613

45608

47316

48457

49595

50737

51875

53017

43

19497

32209

41102

44694

46520

47887

49026

50167

51307

52448

44

18470

30213

39590

43782

45720

47316

48457

49595

50737

51875

45

17446

28218

38081

42869

44924

46745

47887

49026

50167

51307

46

16418

26224

36571

41958

44124

46176

47316

48457

49595

50737

47

15394

24228

35059

41045

43326

45608

46745

47887

49026

50167

48

14508

23429

33864

39221

41958

44007

45151

46290

47428

48571

49

13625

22633

32666

37397

40592

42413

43553

44694

45836

46976

50

12741

21834

31491

35573

39221

40816

41958

43098

44236

45377

51

11859

21036

30269

33748

37853

39221

40373

41499

42642

43782

52

10974

20238

29074

31924

36484

37623

38767

39905

41045

42184

53

10146

18814

27249

30328

35116

36484

37623

38767

39905

41045

54

9320

17389

25424

28734

33748

35346

36484

37623

38767

39905

55

8494

15962

23603

27135

32379

34205

35346

36484

37623

38767

56

7667

14536

21777

25540

31013

33064

34205

35346

36484

37623

57

6841

13111

19953

23943

29648

31925

33064

34205

35346

36484

58

6300

11916

17817

21490

26678

28789

30014

31213

32379

33521

59

5757

10716

15676

19041

23713

25653

26964

28218

29416

30554

60

5218

9519

13539

16588

20753

22518

23913

25227

26453

27593

61

4674

8323

11402

14137

17787

19383

20863

22233

23488

24627

62

4133

7126

9264

11686

14824

16248

17817

19240

20519

21662

63

3847

6441

8323

10449

13185

14592

16077

17446

18697

19838

64

3568

5757

7381

9206

11544

12941

14339

15649

16873

18012

65

3279

5073

6441

7970

9906

11287

12598

13854

15051

16191

66

2994

4392

5501

6725

8268

9634

10861

12056

13227

14366

67

2709

3705

4559

5487

6628

7983

9121

10262

11402

12542

68

2635

3589

4403

5259

6401

7667

8765

9948

11044

12171

69

2565

3477

4249

5032

6173

7355

8411

9634

10691

11799

70

2494

3364

4089

4803

5944

7039

8053

9320

10332

11431

71

2424

3248

3934

4573

5714

6725

7697

9009

9977

11062

72

2352

3137

3777

4348

5487

6415

7339

8694

9618

10691

73

2294

3081

3720

4262

5401

6271

7197

8467

9335

10376

74

2238

3021

3663

4176

5318

6127

7056

8239

9051

10055

75

2182

2966

3607

4089

5229

5986

6912

8009

8765

9747

76

2124

2905

3547

4006

5144

5845

6771

7783

8478

9436

77 and over

2068

2849

3492

3918

5059

5701

6628

7557

8195

9121

PART B

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

42757

58718

38

41045

57578

39

39334

56437

40

37623

55298

41

35915

54157

42

34205

53017

43

32209

52448

44

30213

51875

45

28218

51307

46

26224

50737

47

24228

50167

48

23429

48571

49

22633

46976

50

21834

45377

51

21036

43782

52

20238

42184

53

18814

41045

54

17389

39905

55

15962

38767

56

14536

37623

57

13111

36484

58

11916

33521

59

10716

30554

60

9519

27593

61

8323

24627

62

7126

21662

63

6441

19838

64

5757

18012

65

5073

16191

66

4392

14366

67

3705

12542

68

3589

12171

69

3477

11799

70

3364

11431

71

3248

11062

72

3137

10691

73

3081

10376

74

3021

10055

75

2966

9747

76

2905

9436

77 and over

2849

9121
SCH-1.1

1 This table is for the determination of payments to dependants of deceased sufferers under regulation 4(2) or 4(6).

SCH-1.2

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 first period specified in regulation 6(1)(b).

PART A

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

Percentage assessment for the relevant period

10% or less

11%-20%

21%-30%

31%-49%

50% and over

£

£

£

£

£

37 and under

11259

21951

25082

25940

26652

38

10917

20980

24229

25082

25995

39

10577

20010

23374

24228

25340

40

10231

19041

22518

23374

24684

41

9890

18073

21662

22518

24029

42

9551

17106

20807

21662

23374

43

8934

15849

20038

20893

22748

44

8323

14592

19266

20124

22113

45

7711

13339

18499

19355

21490

46

7097

12083

17663

18583

20863

47

6484

10829

16962

17817

20238

48

6015

10488

16392

17217

19468

49

5543

10146

15819

16619

18697

50

5073

9084

15251

16018

17928

51

4604

9462

14680

15421

17160

52

4133

9121

14111

14824

16392

53

3918

8323

13028

13995

15761

54

3705

7524

11943

13169

15136

55

3492

6725

10861

12343

14508

56

3279

5928

9777

11518

13879

57

3063

5132

8694

10691

13253

58

2864

4559

7455

9237

11518

59

2662

3990

6215

7783

9777

60

2466

3421

4973

6328

8039

61

2268

2849

3735

4875

6300

62

2068

2282

2494

3421

4559

63

2068

2238

2410

3148

4063

64

2068

2194

2322

2879

3568

65

2068

2154

2238

2607

3063

66

2068

2111

2154

2338

2565

67 and over

2068

2068

2068

2068

2068

PART B

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

Extent of incapacity for the relevant period

Partial

Total

£

£

37 and under

21951

26652

38

20980

25995

39

20010

25340

40

19041

24684

41

18073

24029

42

17106

23374

43

15849

22748

44

14592

22113

45

13339

21490

46

12083

20863

47

10829

20238

48

10488

19468

49

10146

18697

50

9804

17928

51

9462

17160

52

9121

16392

53

8323

15761

54

7524

15136

55

6725

14508

56

5928

13879

57

5132

13253

58

4559

11518

59

3990

9777

60

3421

8039

61

2849

6300

62

2282

4559

63

2238

4063

64

2194

3568

65

2154

3063

66

2111

2565

67 and over
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