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

• Citation: S.I. 2018/769
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(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 1985 .

Section 2 Amendment of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations

(1) Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (list of prescribed diseases and the occupations for which they are prescribed) 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

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