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(1)Asbestos-related pleural plaques are a personal injury which is not negligible.
(2)Accordingly, they constitute actionable harm for the purposes of an action of damages for personal injuries.
(3)Any rule of law the effect of which is that asbestos-related pleural plaques do not constitute actionable harm ceases to apply to the extent it has that effect.
(4)But nothing in this section otherwise affects any enactment or rule of law which determines whether and in what circumstances a person may be liable in damages in respect of personal injuries.
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