The Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2005

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 2005/414
Year2005

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 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 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.

S-2 Amendment of Regulations

Amendment of 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 £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.

Jane Kennedy

Minister of State,

Department for Work and Pensions

1st March 2005

SCHEDULE

Regulation 2(a)

SCHEDULE

SCH-1.TABLE 1

TABLE 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).

(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.

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

26018

46463

54515

56064

57612

58851

60091

61329

62568

63808

38

25274

44602

52872

54765

56371

57612

58851

60091

61329

62568

39

24530

42743

51231

53461

55135

56371

57612

58851

60091

61329

40

23788

40884

49590

52159

53893

55135

56371

57612

58851

60091

41

23044

39027

47949

50857

52657

53893

55135

56371

57612

58851

42

22297

37170

46306

49561

51417

52657

53893

55135

56371

57612

43

21187

35000

44665

48567

50552

52038

53275

54515

55754

56994

44

20070

32832

43022

47577

49683

51417

52657

53893

55135

56371

45

18958

30664

41381

46585

48818

50796

52038

53275

54515

55754

46

17841

28497

39741

45595

47949

50179

51417

52657

53893

55135

47

16728

26328

38098

44602

47082

49561

50796

52038

53275

54515

48

15765

25460

36799

42621

45595

47821

49064

50302

51539

52781

49

14806

24595

35497

40638

44110

46089

47328

48567

49809

51048

50

13845

23726

34221

38656

42621

44354

45595

46833

48070

49310

51

12886

22859

32893

36673

41134

42621

43872

45096

46338

47577

52

11926

21992

31594

34691

39646

40884

42127

43364

44602

45840

53

11026

20445

29610

32957

38159

39646

40884

42127

43364

44602

54

10128

18896

27628

31225

36673

38410

39646

40884

42127

43364

55

9231

17346

25649

29487

35185

37170

38410

39646

40884

42127

56

8332

15796

23665

27753

33701

35929

37170

38410

39646

40884

57

7434

14247

21682

26018

32218

34692

35929

37170

38410

39646

58

6846

12948

19361

23352

28991

31285

32616

33919

35185

36426

59

6256

11645

17035

20691

25769

27876

29301

30664

31965

33202

60

5671

10344

14712

18026

22552

24470

25985

27413

28745

29985

61

5079

9044

12391

15362

19328

21063

22672

24160

25523

26762

62

4491

7744

10067

12699

16108

17656

19361

20908

22297

23540

63

4181

6999

9044

11354

14328

15857

17470

18958

20318

21557

64

3878

6256

8021

10004

12544

14063

15582

17005

18335

19574

65

3563

5513

6999

8660

10765

12265

13690

15055

16356

17594

66

3254

4772

5978

7308

8984

10469

11802

13101

14373

15611

67

2944

4026

4954

5962

7203

8675

9912

11151

12391

13629

68

2863

3900

4785

5715

6956

8332

9524

10810

12001

13226

69

2788

3779

4617

5468

6708

7992

9140

10469

11617

12822

70

2710

3656

4444

5219

6459

7649

8751

10128

11228

12421

71

2634

3529

4275

4969

6210

7308

8365

9789

10842

12020

72

2556

3408

4104

4725

5962

6971

7975

9447

10451

11617

73

2493

3348

4043

4631

5869

6815

7821

9201

10144

11275

74

2432

3283

3981

4538

5779

6658

7668

8953

9836

10927

75

2371

3223

3920

4444

5682

6505

7511

8703

9524

10591

76

2308

3157

3855

4353

5590

6352

7358

8457

9213

10254

77 and over

2248

3096

3795

4258

5497

6195

7203

8212

8906

9912

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 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

SCH-1.TABLE 2

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).

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

12235

23853

27256

28189

28962

38

11864

22799

26329

27256

28248

39

11494

21745

25400

26328

27536

40

11117

20691

24470

25400

26824

41

10747

19640

23540

24470

26112

42

10379

18589

22611

23540

25400

43

9708

17223

21775

22704

24719

44

9044

15857

20935

21869

24030

45

8379

14495

20102

21032

23352

46

7712

13130

19194

20193

22672

47

7046

11768

18432

19361

21992

48

6537

11397

17813

18710

21155

49

6023

11026

17190

18059

20318

50

5513

10653

16573

17406

19482

51

5003

10282

15953

16758

18648

52

4491

9912

15334

16108

17813

53

4258

9044

14158

15208

17127

54

4026

8176

12978

14310

16448

55

3795

7308

11802

13413

15765

56

3563

6442

10624

12516

15081

57

3328

5577

9447

11617

14402

58

3113

4954

8102

10038

12516

59

2893

4335

6754

8457

10624

60

2680

3718

5405

6877

8736

61

2464

3096

4059

5297

6846

62

2248

2480

2710

3718

4954

63

2248

2432

2619

3421

4415

64

2248

2384

2523

3128

3878

65

2248

2340

2432

2833

3328

66

2248

2294

2340

2540

2788

67 and over

2248

2248

2248

2248

2248

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

23853

28962

38

22799

28248

39

21745

27536

40

20691

26824

41

19640

26112

42

18589

25400

43

17223

24719

44

15857

24030

45

14495

23352

46

13130

22672

47

11768

21992

48

11397

21155

49

11026

20318

50

10653

19482

51

10282

18648

52

9912

17813

53

9044

17127

54

8176

16448

55

7308

15765

56

6442

15081

57

5577

14402

58

4954

12516

59

4335

10624

60

3718

8736

61

3096

6846

62

2480

4954

63

2432

4415

64

2384

3878

65

2340

3328

66

2294

2788

67 and over

2248

2248

PART C

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