{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pneumoconiosis-byssinosis-and-miscellaneous-diseases-benefit-amendment-scheme-1987/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pneumoconiosis-byssinosis-and-miscellaneous-diseases-benefit-amendment-scheme-1987/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/400",
  "legislation_title": "The Pneumoconiosis, Byssinosis and Miscellaneous Diseases Benefit (Amendment) Scheme 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pneumoconiosis-byssinosis-and-miscellaneous-diseases-benefit-amendment-scheme-1987",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Addition of lung cancer to Schedule 1 to the principal Scheme",
  "text": "In Schedule 1 to the principal Scheme after the disease numbered 8 (primary carcinoma of the lung) there shall be inserted—\n(a) in the first column the words “9. Lung cancer”; and\n(b) in the second column, the words—\n“(a) Work underground in a tin mine; or\n(b) exposure to bis (chloromethyl) ether produced during the manufacture of chloromethyl methyl ether; or\n(c) exposure to zinc chromate, calcium chromate or strontium chromate in their pure forms.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/400/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:30:23.688524+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."
}