# Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) Act 1979, Introduction: Introductory text

Extent: E+W+S

An Act to make provision for lump sum payments to or in respect of certain persons who are, or were immediately before they died, disabled by pneumoconiosis, byssinosis or diffuse mesothelioma; and for connected purposes.
[4th April 1979]

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/41/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/pneumoconiosis-etc-workers-compensation-act-1979/introduction
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