Amendment of the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Regulations
2. In Part I of Schedule 1 to the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1986(1) (list of prescribed diseases and the occupations for which they are prescribed) in the second column of the entry relating to prescribed disease D10(2) add—
“or
(d)employment wholly or mainly as a coke oven worker—
(i)for a period of, or periods which amount in aggregate to, 15 years or more;
(ii)in top oven work, for a period of, or periods which amount in aggregate to, 5 years or more; or
(iii)in a combination of top oven work and other coke oven work for a total aggregate period of 15 years or more, where one year working in top oven work is treated as equivalent to 3 years in other coke oven work.”.
S.R. 1986 No. 179; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1987 No. 116 and S.R. 1993 No. 148
Prescribed disease D10 was added by regulation 2(1) of S.R. 1987 No. 116 and amended by regulation 6(4) of S.R. 1993 No. 148