Paragraph 53
(1)
Amend Schedule 8 (industrial injuries and diseases: old cases) as follows.
(2)
In paragraph 6(4)(d), and the substituted paragraph (d) in paragraph 6(5), after “spouse” (in each place) insert “ or civil partner ”.
(3)
After paragraph 8(1) insert—
“(1A)Any reference in this Schedule to a member of a person’s family within the meaning of the Workmen’s Compensation Act 1925 is to be read as including a civil partner of his.”