The Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Transitional provision

3.—(1) Regulation 2(2) and (4) shall not apply –

(a) to a period of assessment which relates to a claim which is made before the commencement date;

(b) to a period of assessment which relates to a claim which is made within 3 months after the commencement date in respect of a period which began before the commencement date; or

(c) where a person suffers from an attack of a disease and under regulation 7 of the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1986 (recrudescence) the attack is a recrudescence of a disease for which a claim was made before the commencement date (or within 3 months after the commencement date in respect of a period which began before the commencement date).

(2) For the purposes of this regulation –

(a) “commencement date” means the date on which these Regulations come into operation;

(b) the date on which a claim is made is the date on which the claim is made or treated as made in accordance with the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(1); and

(c) a period of assessment which begins on the day following the end of a preceding period of assessment, shall be treated as a continuation of the preceding period of assessment.

(1)

S.R. 1987 No. 465; relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1992 No. 83, S.R. 1996 No. 354, S.R. 1997 No. 156, S.R. 2000 Nos. 215 and 365, S.R. 2001 Nos. 175 and 176 and S.R. 2002 No. 67