The Social Security (Industrial Injuries and Diseases) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

Transitional provisions

7.—(1) The amendments made by regulation 3 (“the relevant amendments”) to the terms in which each of the diseases numbered A12, D4 and D5 (“the relevant disease”) is prescribed shall not apply in the cases specified in paragraphs (2) to (4); and in this regulation “commencement date” means the date on which these Regulations come into operation.

(2) The relevant amendments shall not apply in the case of a person—

(a) who had an assessment of disablement in respect of the relevant disease for a period which includes the commencement date; or

(b) in respect of whom a decision in relation to a relevant disease on a claim for disablement benefit made before the commencement date is reviewed on or after that date under section 45 of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (review of medical decisions) which results in an assessment for a period which includes the commencement date,

during any period when there is in respect of him a continuous assessment of disablement in respect of that disease which began before the commencement date, and for this purpose 2 or more assessments, one of which begins on the day following the end of a preceding assessment, shall be treated as continuous.

(3) The relevant amendments shall not apply in the case of a person who makes a claim for disablement benefit in respect of the relevant disease before the commencement date which results in an assessment of disablement, where the date of onset of that disease is earlier than the commencement date, during any period when there is in respect of him a continuous assessment of disablement in respect of that disease which began not later than 91 days (excluding Sundays) after the commencement date, and for this purpose 2 or more assessments, one of which begins on the day following the end of a preceding assessment, shall be treated as continuous.

(4) The relevant amendments shall not apply in the case of a person—

(a) who had an assessment of disablement in respect of the relevant disease for a period which ended before the commencement date;

(b) who suffers a further attack of that relevant disease before the commencement date;

(c) who makes a claim for disablement benefit in respect of that disease after the commencement date; and

(d) in respect of whom it is decided, under regulation 7 of the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1986 (recrudescence) that the further attack is a recrudescence of that disease.