Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) Act 1979

[F1 Disregarded employers E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. inserted (12.7.2007 for specified purposes, 10.8.2007 in so far as not already in force) by Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c. 5), ss. 58(3), 70(2), Sch. 6; S.I. 2007/1991, art. 2(1)(2)

2 E+W+S A person is not a relevant employer in relation to a person disabled by a disease to which this Act applies if the disabled person has had no period of employment with him which is a qualifying period of employment.

3 E+W+S A person is not a relevant employer in relation to a person disabled by a disease to which this Act applies if the disabled person's qualifying period of employment with him did not exceed 12 months.

4 E+W+S A person is not a relevant employer in relation to a person disabled by a disease to which this Act applies if the disabled person's qualifying period of employment with him—

(a) did not exceed 5 years, and

(b) represents not more than 25% of the time during which the disabled person was employed in a prescribed occupation.

5 E+W+S A person is not a relevant employer in relation to a person disabled by a disease to which this Act applies if the disabled person's qualifying period of employment with him—

(a) did not exceed 7 years, and

(b) represents not more than 20% of the time during which the disabled person was employed in a prescribed occupation.

6 E+W+S In paragraphs 3 to 5, references to the disabled person's qualifying period of employment with his employer, where there has been more than one such period, are to the aggregate of those periods.]