The Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Amendment Regulations 2007

• Citation: S.I. 2007/811
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Amendment Regulations 2007 and shall come into force on the 6th April 2007.

Section 2 Amendment of Schedule 1 to the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Regulations 1985

(1) Part I of Schedule 1 to the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Regulations 1985 (list of prescribed diseases and the occupations for which they are prescribed) is amended as follows.

(2) In the first column relating to prescribed disease A4, substitute “A4 Task-specific focal dystonia.”.

(3) In the first column of the entry relating to prescribed disease A5 omit “(beat hand)”.

(4) In the first column of the entry relating to prescribed disease A6 omit “(beat knee)”.

(5) In the first column of the entry relating to prescribed disease A7 omit “(beat elbow)”.

(6) Omit the entry relating to prescribed disease A9.

(7) For the entry in the second column relating to prescribed disease A12, substitute—

(a) The use, at the time the symptoms first develop, 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; or

(b) repeated palmar flexion and dorsiflexion of the wrist for at least 20 hours per week for a period or periods amounting in aggregate to at least 12 months in the 24 months prior to the onset of symptoms, where “repeated” means once or more often in every 30 seconds.

(8) In the second column of the entry relating to prescribed disease B6, at the end add “or (e) work involving exposure to metalworking fluid mists.”.

Section 3 Transitional provision

Regulation 2 shall not apply to a period of assessment which relates to a claim made before the date on which these Regulations come into force.