{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pneumoconiosis-byssinosis-and-miscellaneous-diseases-benefit-amendment-scheme-1985/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pneumoconiosis-byssinosis-and-miscellaneous-diseases-benefit-amendment-scheme-1985/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1985/491",
  "legislation_title": "The Pneumoconiosis, Byssinosis, and Miscellaneous Diseases Benefit (Amendment) Scheme 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pneumoconiosis-byssinosis-and-miscellaneous-diseases-benefit-amendment-scheme-1985",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation of “Asbestosis”",
  "text": "In Article 1(2) of the principal Scheme (interpretation), there shall be inserted, after the entry relating to “the appropriate determining authority”, the following entry:—\n“‘asbestosis’ means fibrosis of the parenchyma of the lungs due to the inhalation of asbestos dust;”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1985/491/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T17:14:45.391603+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}