The Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Amendment Regulations 2019

Amendment of the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Regulations 1985

2.—(1) The Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Regulations 1985(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 4(2)(2) (presumption that a disease is due to the nature of employment), after “A14,” insert “A15,”.

(3) In Part 1 of Schedule 1 (list of prescribed diseases and the occupations for which they are prescribed), after the entry for prescribed disease A14(3), insert—

“A15 Dupuytren’s contracture of the hand resulting in fixed flexion deformity of one or more inter-phalangeal joints of one or more of the digits.

Any occupation involving the use of hand-held powered tools whose internal parts vibrate so as to transmit that vibration to the hand (but excluding those tools which are solely powered by hand) where - (a) the use of those tools amounts to a period or periods in aggregate of at least 10 years; (b) within that period or those periods, the use of those tools amounts to at least 2 hours per day for 3 or more days per week; and (c) the onset of the disease fell within the period or periods of use specified in this paragraph.”.

(1)

S.I. 1985/967, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

(2)

Regulation 4 is substituted by S.I. 2015/87 and amended by S.I. 2017/232.

(3)

The entry for prescribed disease A14 is inserted by S.I. 2009/1396 and amended by S.I. 2012/647.