4. Lump-sum payments
The compensator can reduce any part of your compensation award (including damages paid for pain and suffering) if you have had a lump-sum payment under:
■the Pneumoconiosis etc (Workers’ Compensation) Act 1979 (including any extra-statutory payments made following the rejection of a claim under that Act);
■the 2008 Diffuse Mesothelioma scheme; or
■the 2014 Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment scheme.