Amendment of the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Regulations 19852

1

The Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Regulations 19853 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

2

In regulation 1(2) (citation, commencement and interpretation) after the definition “medical board” there shall be inserted the following definition:

  • “metal” for the purposes of the disease number A10 in Part I of Schedule 1 to these Regulations, does not include stone, concrete, aggregate or similar substances for use in road or railway construction;

3

In regulation 15B(3) (rounding) for the words “Where a reassessment” there shall be substituted the words “Where an assessment or a reassessment”.