# The Pneumoconiosis, Byssinosis and Miscellaneous Diseases Benefit (Amendment) Scheme 1987, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Scheme)
This Scheme, which comes into force on 1st April 1987, adds lung cancer to the list of diseases in respect of which benefit is payable under the Pneumoconiosis, Byssinosis and Miscellaneous Diseases Benefit Scheme 1983.
In accordance with the EEC Directive 79/7/EEC (equal treatment of men and women in social security matters) the principal Scheme is extended to provide that a wife may receive an increase of disablement allowance in respect of her husband.
Articles 2 and 3 are consequential upon the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Amendment Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/335) which added lung cancer to the list of industrial diseases prescribed for the purposes of Chapter V of Part II of the Social Security Act 1975.
Article 4 is consequential upon the Social Security Act 1986 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/1609) which appoints 1 October 1986 as the day for the coming into force of paragraph 68 of Schedule 10 to the Social Security Act 1986 and of section 86(1) in relation to that paragraph. Paragraph 68 changes the references in section 7 of the Industrial Injuries and Diseases (Old Cases) Act 1975 from “wife” to “spouse”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/400/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/pneumoconiosis-byssinosis-and-miscellaneous-diseases-benefit-amendment-scheme-1987/note
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