The Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) Act 1979 makes provision for lump sum compensation payments to be made to people suffering from specified dust-related diseases, or their dependants, provided they meet the conditions of entitlement. The compensation payments are set according to the age of disease sufferers and the extent of their disability and whether or not they were, or would have been, entitled to Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit.
