The Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme (Levy) Regulations 2014
These Regulations require active insurers, (defined in the Mesothelioma Act 2014 (“the Act”) as a person, who at any time during a reference period, is an authorised insurer within the meaning of the Employers’ Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969 or the Employer’s Liability (Defective Equipment and Compulsory Insurance) (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 (S.I.1972/963 (N.I.6)), to pay a share of the total amount of an annual levy based on an active insurer’s relative market share (defined in the Regulations as the payment amount), for the purpose of meeting the costs of the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme (“the Scheme”). The Scheme, established under powers set out in the Act, makes payments to eligible people with Diffuse Mesothelioma (diagnosed on or after 25th July 2012), or eligible dependants of people who have died of Diffuse Mesothelioma.