The Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 2012

• Citation: S.I. 2012/1634
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 2012 and come into force on 1st August 2012.

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

(1) Part 1 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) At the end of the entry relating to prescribed disease D10 (primary carcinoma of the lung) add—

; or

(d) employment wholly or mainly as a coke oven worker:

(i) for a period of, or periods which amount in aggregate to, 15 years or more; or

(ii) in top oven work, for a period of, or periods which amount in aggregate to, 5 years or more; or

(iii) in a combination of top oven work and other coke oven work for a total aggregate period of 15 years or more where one year working in top oven work is treated as equivalent to 3 years in other coke oven work.