2018 No. 769
Social Security

The Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Amendment Regulations 2018

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, after reference to the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council1, makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 108(1) and (2) and 175(1) and (3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 19922.

The Secretary of State is satisfied of the matters referred to in section 108(2)(a) and (b) of that Act.

Citation, commencement and interpretation1.

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Amendment Regulations 2018 and come into force on 28th September 2018.

(2)

In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” means the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Regulations 19853.

Amendment of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations2.

(1)

Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (list of prescribed diseases and the occupations for which they are prescribed)4 is amended as follows.

(2)

In column 2—

(a)

in B15 for “Employment as a healthcare worker having contact”, substitute with “Contact”;

(b)

in D6(a) for “in or about a building”, substitute with “at a workplace” and after the words “wooden goods” insert “or products made wholly or partially of wood”;

(c)

in D6(c) at the end omit the full stop and add –

“;or

(a)

exposure to wood dust in the course of the machine processing of wood.”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.

Sarah Newton
Minister of State
Department for Work and Pensions
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations make amendments to the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Regulations 1985 (S.I. 1985/967) (“the principal Regulations”).

Regulation 2 makes amendments to Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations which prescribe diseases for which industrial injuries benefit is payable. It amends descriptions of occupations prescribed in relation to the prescribed diseases B15 (Anaphylaxis) and D6 (Carcinoma of the nasal cavity or associated air sinuses (nasal carcinoma)).

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact is foreseen on the private, voluntary or public sector.