# The Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2026, Regulation 5: Amendment to regulation 4


In regulation 4 (payments to dependants of persons disabled by a disease)—
(a) in paragraph (1), for the words “by ascertaining the amount” to the end, substitute “in accordance with the table in the Schedule”;
(b) omit paragraphs (2) to (5);
(c) in paragraph (6)—
(i) in sub-paragraph (a), in the words before paragraph (i), for “Table 2 of” substitute “the table in”;
(ii) in sub-paragraph (b)—
(aa) for “Part A of Table 2” substitute “the table in the Schedule”;
(bb) for “Pneumoconiosis Medical Board, (or Special Medical Board, as the case may be), or a Silicosis Medical Board” substitute “medical practitioner appointed to act on behalf of the Secretary of State”;
(d) omit paragraph (7).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2026/9780348286618/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-pneumoconiosis-etc-workers-compensation-payment-of-claims-amendment-no-2-regulations-2026/regulation-5
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