# The Pneumoconiosis, Byssinosis and Miscellaneous Diseases Benefit (Amendment) Scheme 1993, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Scheme)
This Scheme amends the Pneumoconiosis, Byssinosis and Miscellaneous Diseases Benefit Scheme 1983 (S.I. 1983/136) by—
(a) extending the scope of the occupational prescription in respect of disease number 4 (primary neoplasm of the epithelial lining of the bladder) to include exposure to coal tar pitch volatiles produced in aluminium smelting in the Soderberg process;
(b) changing the description of disease number 9 from “lung cancer” to “primary carcinoma of the lung”;
(c) adding to the list of prescribed diseases a new disease (number 10), primary carcinoma of the lung where there is accompanying evidence of silicosis arising from exposure to silica dust in the course of manufacturing glass or pottery, tunnelling in or quarrying sandstone or granite, mining metal ores or clay, using siliceous materials as abrasives, cutting stone, stonemasonry or work in a foundry; and
(d) making consequential and drafting amendments.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/1363/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/pneumoconiosis-byssinosis-and-miscellaneous-diseases-benefit-amendment-scheme-1993/note
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