The Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Amendment Regulations 1993

• Citation: S.I. 1993/862
• Sections: 7

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Amendment Regulations 1993 and shall come into force on19th April 1993.

(2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Regulations 1985 .

Section 2 Amendment of regulation 1 of the principal Regulations

In regulation 1 of the principal Regulations (citation, commencement and interpretation)—

(a) the definition of “lung cancer” shall be omitted; and

(b) after the definition of “prescribed disease” there shall be inserted the following definition—

“primary carcinoma of the lung” means the diseases numbered D8, D10 and D11 in Schedule 1 to these Regulations;

Section 3 Amendment of regulation 4 of the principal Regulations

In regulation 4(1) of the principal Regulations (presumption that a disease is due to the nature of employment) after the words “diseases numbered A10,” there shall be inserted “A12,”.

Section 4 Amendment of regulation 6 of the principal Regulations

In regulation 6(2) of the principal Regulations (date of onset), for the words “lung cancer” in each place where they occur there shall be substituted the words “primary carcinoma of the lung”.

Section 5 Amendment of regulation 7 of the principal Regulations

In regulation 7(1) of the principal Regulations (recrudescence) for the words “lung cancer” there shall be substituted the words “primary carcinoma of the lung”.

Section 6 Amendment of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations

(1) Part I of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (list of prescribed diseases and the occupations for which they are prescribed) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2) After the entry relating to disease A11 (episodic blanching) there shall be inserted the following entry—

(A12) Carpal tunnel syndrome.

(3) At the end of the entry in column 2 relating to disease C23 (primary neoplasm) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph—

(d) exposure to coal tar pitch volatiles produced in aluminium smelting involving the Soderberg process (that is to say the method of producing aluminium by electrolysis in which the anode consists of a paste of petroleum coke and mineral oil which is baked in situ ).

(4) The description of disease D10 shall be amended by substituting for the words “Lung Cancer” the words “Primary carcinoma of the lung”.

(5) After the entry relating to disease D10 (primary carcinoma of the lung) there shall be inserted the following entry—

(D11) Primary carcinoma of the lung where there is accompanying evidence of silicosis.

Exposure to silica dust in the course of—

the manufacture of glass or pottery;

tunnelling in or quarrying sandstone or granite;

mining metal ores;

slate quarrying or the manufacture of artefacts from slate;

mining clay;

using siliceous materials as abrasives;

cutting stone;

stonemasonry; or

work in a foundry.

Section 7 Revocation

Regulation 3 of the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Amendment Regulations 1991 is hereby revoked.