{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pneumoconiosis-etc-workers-compensation-northern-ireland-order-1979/schedule/paragraph-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pneumoconiosis-etc-workers-compensation-northern-ireland-order-1979/schedule/paragraph-7.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1979/925",
  "legislation_title": "Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers' Compensation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1979",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pneumoconiosis-etc-workers-compensation-northern-ireland-order-1979",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) In this Schedule, “qualifying period of employment”, in relation to a person disabled by a disease to which this Order applies, means any period of employment in a prescribed occupation, except for—\n(a) a period of employment which ended more than 20 years before the qualifying date, and\n(b) in the case of a claim relating to diffuse mesothelioma, a period of employment which began not more than 15 years before the qualifying date.\n(2) In sub-paragraph (1), “qualifying date” means—\n(a) the date on which the Department determines a claim for disablement benefit made by or on behalf of the disabled person in respect of the disease, or\n(b) if the disabled person has died without a claim for disablement benefit in respect of the disease having been determined, the date on which he died.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. inserted (19.7.2007 for certain purposes and 10.8.2007 otherwise) by Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 (c. 2), ss. 52(5), 60(1) {Sch. 6}; S.R. 2007/335, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1979/925/schedule/paragraph/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:52:48.461457+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."
}