The Social Security Coordination (Regulation (EC) No 883/2004, EEA Agreement and Swiss Agreement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

8.  In Article 39—

(a) for “a Member State” in the first place it occurs substitute “the United Kingdom”;

(b) in points (a) and (b)—

(i) for “another Member State” substitute “a Member State”;

(ii) for “the first Member State” substitute “the United Kingdom”;

(c) in point (b) omit the final sentence;

(d) in point (c)—

(i) for “Member State” substitute “State”;

(ii) for “Member States” substitute “States”;

(e) after point (c) insert—

“In the event of the aggravation of an occupational disease for which a person suffering from such a disease has received or is receiving benefits under the legislation of a Member State, where the person concerned, while in receipt of benefits, has pursued such an activity under the legislation of the United Kingdom, the competent institution in the United Kingdom shall grant a supplement to the person concerned, the amount of which shall be equal to the difference between the amount of benefits due after the aggravation and the amount which would have been due prior to the aggravation if the disease in question had occurred under the legislation of the United Kingdom.”.