# The Pneumoconiosis, Byssinosis and Miscellaneous Diseases Benefit (Amendment) Scheme 1987, Section 2: Addition of lung cancer to Schedule 1 to the principal Scheme


In Schedule 1 to the principal Scheme after the disease numbered 8 (primary carcinoma of the lung) there shall be inserted—
(a) in the first column the words “9. Lung cancer”; and
(b) in the second column, the words—
“(a) Work underground in a tin mine; or
(b) exposure to bis (chloromethyl) ether produced during the manufacture of chloromethyl methyl ether; or
(c) exposure to zinc chromate, calcium chromate or strontium chromate in their pure forms.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/400/section/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/pneumoconiosis-byssinosis-and-miscellaneous-diseases-benefit-amendment-scheme-1987/section-2
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