The Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2023

• Citation: S.I. 2023/372
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation, commencement, application and extent

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 and come into force on 1st April 2023.

(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 1st April 2023.

(3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales and Scotland.

Section 2 Amendment of the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) Regulations 1988

(1) The Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) Regulations 1988 are amended as follows.

(2) In the proviso to regulation 5(1) (payment where death results from diffuse mesothelioma) for “£3,425” substitute “£3,771” .

(3) In regulation 6(1)(a) (payment where pneumoconiosis is accompanied by tuberculosis) for “ £7,085 ” (in both places) substitute “£7,801” .

(4) In regulation 8 (minimum amount payable to dependant) for “£3,425” substitute “£3,771” .

(5) In the Schedule—

(a) in the part headed “TABLE 1”, for the table substitute—

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%

£

(b) in the part headed “TABLE 2”, for the table (together with the headings to the table) substitute—

Part A

Percentage assessment for the relevant period

10%

or under £

11%-20%

£

21%-30%

£

31%-49%

£

50% or over

£

Part B