The Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2013

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 2013/690
Year2013

2013 No. 690

Social Security

The Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2013

Made 18th March 2013

Coming into force 1st April 2013

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(1), (2) and (4) and 7(1) and (2) of the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) Act 19791.

In accordance with section 7(3) of that Act, a draft of this instrument was laid before Parliament and approved by a 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 2013 and come into force on 1st April 2013.

(2) These Regulations apply only 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 Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) Regulations 1988

Amendment of the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) Regulations 1988

2.—(1) The Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) Regulations 19882are amended as follows.

(2) Omit regulation 2(1)(g) (definition of “extent of incapacity”).

(3) In regulation 3(2) (payments to persons disabled by a disease), omit “Part A of”.

(4) Omit regulation 3(3).

(5) In regulation 4(2) (payments to dependants of persons disabled by a disease), omit “or extent of incapacity, as the case may be,”.

(6) In regulation 4(6)(b)—

(a)

(a) for “or extent of incapacity, as the case may be, for the purposes of Parts A and B of the aforesaid Table,” substitute “for the purposes of Part A of Table 2”;

(b)

(b) omit “or extent of incapacity” the second time those words appear;

(c)

(c) omit “or “partial” respectively”.

(7) In the proviso to regulation 5(1) (minimum amount payable to dependant), for “£2,873” substitute “£2,936”.

(8) In regulation 6(1)(a) (payment where pneumoconiosis is accompanied by tuberculosis), for “£5,942” (in both places) substitute “£6,073”.

(9) In regulation 6(1)(b), omit “Part A of”.

(10) In the proviso to regulation 7 (power of Secretary of State to determine amount of payment), omit paragraph (c).

(11) In regulation 8 (minimum amount payable to dependant), for “£2,873” substitute “£2,936”.

(12) For the Schedule to those Regulations, substitute the Schedule set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Freud

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Department for Work and Pensions

18th March 2013

SCHEDULE 1

Regulation 2(12)

SCHEDULE 1

“TABLE 1

This table is for the determination of payments to disabled persons under regulation 3 or regulation 6 and for the determination of payments to dependants of deceased sufferers under regulation 4(1).

The relevant period is the period specified in regulation 3(2) or, in the case of a disabled person to whom regulation 6 applies, the first period specified in regulation 6(1)(b).

The age of the disabled person is their age determined in accordance with regulation 3(2) 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 they still been alive, is the age of the deceased on their last birthday before their death.

The table prescribes payments to disabled persons to whom disablement benefits are payable under section 108 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 19923or under any corresponding provision of the former Industrial Injuries Acts4, 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

under

£

11%-

20%

£

21%-

30%

£

31%-

40%

£

41%-

50%

£

51%-

60%

£

61%-

70%

£

71%-

80%

£

81%-

90%

£

91%-

100%

£

37 and under

33,977

60,678

71,193

73,217

75,239

76,856

78,474

80,093

81,710

83,330

38

33,007

58,248

69,048

71,520

73,618

75,239

76,856

78,474

80,093

81,710

39

32,035

55,821

66,905

69,818

72,005

73,405

75,239

76,856

78,474

80,093

40

31,067

53,391

64,761

68,117

70,381

72,003

73,618

75,239

76,856

78,476

41

30,095

50,968

62,619

66,415

68,768

70,381

72,003

73,618

75,239

76,856

42

29,118

48,543

60,473

64,724

67,148

68,768

70,381

72,003

73,618

75,239

43

27,669

45,708

58,330

63,427

66,018

67,960

69,575

71,193

72,812

74,431

44

26,210

42,877

56,183

62,134

64,884

67,148

68,768

70,381

72,003

73,618

45

24,758

40,046

54,040

60,837

63,753

66,336

67,960

69,575

71,193

72,812

46

23,300

37,216

51,899

59,545

62,619

65,533

67,148

68,768

70,381

72,003

47

21,846

34,383

49,753

58,248

61,488

64,724

66,336

67,960

69,575

71,193

48

20,590

33,250

48,058

55,661

59,545

62,453

64,075

65,692

67,306

68,931

49

19,336

32,118

46,357

53,071

57,605

60,189

61,809

63,427

65,047

66,666

50

18,082

30,986

44,690

50,484

55,661

57,924

59,545

61,161

62,777

64,397

51

16,828

29,853

42,957

47,893

53,717

55,661

57,294

58,893

60,515

62,134

52

15,574

28,720

41,260

45,304

51,775

53,391

55,016

56,631

58,248

59,864

53

14,399

26,700

38,668

43,041

49,834

51,775

53,391

55,016

56,631

58,248

54

13,227

24,678

36,080

40,779

47,893

50,162

51,775

53,391

55,016

56,631

55

12,056

22,655

33,497

38,507

45,949

48,543

50,162

51,775

53,391

55,016

56

10,880

20,630

30,905

36,244

44,012

46,921

48,543

50,162

51,775

53,391

57

9,708

18,606

28,317

33,977

42,076

45,305

46,921

48,543

50,162

51,775

58

8,939

16,909

25,285

30,496

37,861

40,856

42,595

44,297

45,950

47,570

59

8,169

15,208

22,247

27,022

33,653

36,404

38,265

40,046

41,745

43,360

60

7,406

13,509

19,213

23,541

29,452

31,957

33,933

35,800

37,540

39,159

61

6,632

11,810

16,183

20,062

25,241

27,506

29,608

31,552

33,332

34,949

62

5,865

10,113

13,147

16,584

21,035

23,056

25,285

27,306

29,118

30,743

63

5,461

9,141

11,810

14,828

18,712

20,708

22,815

24,758

26,534

28,152

64

5,065

8,169

10,476

13,064

16,381

18,366

20,349

22,208

23,944

25,562

65

4,653

7,200

9,141

11,309

14,059

16,019

17,879

19,661

21,360

22,978

66

4,250

6,231

7,806

9,544

11,732

13,671

15,412

17,108

18,770

20,388

67

3,845

5,258

6,469

7,787

9,406

11,329

12,945

14,561

16,183

17,799

68

3,739

5,092

6,249

7,465

9,084

10,880

12,439

14,118

15,672

17,272

69

3,641

4,936

6,030

7,141

8,761

10,437

11,936

13,671

15,171

16,744

70

3,538

4,776

5,803

6,817

8,435

9,988

11,429

13,227

14,662

16,222

71

3,440

4,609

5,582

6,491

8,110

9,544

10,924

12,782

14,160

15,697

72

3,338

4,450

5,359

6,170

7,787

9,104

10,415

12,337

13,649

15,171

73

3,254

4,371

5,280

6,048

7,664

8,900

10,214

12,016

13,249

14,724

74

3,176

4,287

5,198

5,927

7,547

8,695

10,015

11,693

12,844

14,269

75

3,097

4,210

5,119

5,803

7,421

8,495

9,808

11,367

12,439

13,832

76

3,014

4,123

5,035

5,684

7,300

8,296

9,610

11,044

12,030

13,392

77 and over

2,936

4,044

4,957

5,560

7,180

8,089

9,406

10,725

11,631

12,945

TABLE 2

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

The relevant period is the period specified in regulation 3(2) or, in the case of a disabled person to whom regulation 6 applies, the first period specified in regulation 6(1)(b).

Part A of the table prescribes payments to dependants of disabled persons who died as a result of a disease other than diffuse mesothelioma.

Part B of the table prescribes payments to dependants of disabled persons who died as a result of diffuse mesothelioma.

Part A of the table prescribes payments to—

dependants to whom death benefit under section 108 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 is payable;

dependants of a person to whom disablement benefit under that section or under any corresponding provision of the former Industrial Injuries Acts was payable immediately before that person died; and

dependants of a person to whom disablement benefit would have been payable immediately before that person died but for the occurrence of one of the circumstances listed in regulation 5(1)(a)(iii), or but for the person’s disablement amounting to less than the appropriate percentage.

Age of disabled person on their last birthday before their death

Percentage assessment for the relevant period

10% or under

11%-20%

21%-30%

31%-49%

50% or over

£

£

£

£

£

37 and under

21,521

36,693

41,140

42,357

43,366

38

21,036

35,316

39,926

41,140

42,433

39

20,552

33,941

38,713

39,925

41,503

40

20,061

32,564

37,499

38,713

40,573

41

19,578

31,190

36,285

37,499

39,643

42

19,097

29,819

35,071

36,285

38,713

43

18,220

28,036

33,978

35,192

37,823

44

17,353

26,250

32,883

34,102

36,924

45

16,485

24,472

31,794

33,008

36,040

46

15,613

22,690

30,608

31,915

35,151

47

14,744

20,911

29,613

30,828

34,263

48

14,080

20,426

28,806

29,977

33,169

49

13,408

19,941

27,992

29,127

32,076

50

12,742

19,454

27,186

28,273

30,985

51

12,076

18,971

26,378

27,428

29,897

52

11,408

18,487

25,568

26,577

28,806

53

11,102

17,353

24,032

25,404

27,910

54

10,800

16,219

22,491

24,231

27,023

55

10,499

15,087

20,954

23,059

26,133

56

10,195

13,954

19,417

21,888

25,238

57

9,708

12,826

17,879

20,713

24,351

58

8,939

12,012

16,123

18,652

21,888

59

8,169

11,202

14,364

16,586

19,417

60

7,406

10,399

12,600

14,523

16,951

61

6,632

9,586

10,843

12,460

14,482

62

5,865

8,782

9,080

10,399

12,012

63

5,461

8,719

8,964

10,010

11,307

64

5,065

8,169

8,836

9,627

10,607

65

4,653

7,200

8,719

9,241

9,889

66

4,250

6,231

7,806

8,859

9,184

67 and over

2,936

4,044

4,957

5,560

7,180

Age of disabled person on their last birthday before their death

Payment

£

37 and under

43,366

38

42,433

39

41,503

40

40,573

41

39,643

42

38,713

43

37,823

44

36,924

45

36,040

46

35,151

47

34,263

48

33,169

49

32,076

50

30,985

51

29,897

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