Part 2 Occupations prescribed in relation to the other diseases to which the Act appliesI1

England, Wales and Scotland

Disease		Occupations prescribed in relation to the disease
Byssinosis		Any occupation involving work in any room where any process up to and including the weaving process is performed in a factory in which the spinning or manipulation of raw or waste cotton or of flax, or the weaving of cotton or flax, is carried on.
Diffuse mesothelioma		Any occupation involving exposure to asbestos, asbestos dust or any admixture of asbestos at a level above that commonly found in the environment at large.
Primary carcinoma of the lung where there is evidence of F1asbestosis		Any occupation involving: (a) the working or handling of asbestos or any admixture of asbestos; (b) the manufacture or repair of asbestos textiles or other articles containing or composed of asbestos; (c) the cleaning of any machinery or plant used in any of the foregoing operations and of any chambers, fixtures and appliances for the collection of asbestos dust; or (d) substantial exposure to the dust arising from any of the operations listed in paragraphs (a), (b) or (c).
F2Primary carcinoma of the lung (except where there is evidence of asbestosis)		Any occupation involving exposure to asbestos in the course of—
		(a) the manufacture of asbestos textiles;
		(b) spraying asbestos;
		(c) asbestos insulation work; or
		(d) applying or removing materials containing asbestos in the course of shipbuilding.
F3Unilateral or bilateral diffuse pleural thickening		Any occupation involving: (a) the working or handling of asbestos or any admixture of asbestos; (b) the manufacture or repair of asbestos textiles or other articles containing or composed of asbestos; (c) the cleaning of any machinery or plant used in any of the foregoing operations and of any chambers, fixtures and appliances for the collection of asbestos dust; or (d) substantial exposure to the dust arising from any of the operations listed in paragraphs (a), (b) or (c).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Word in Sch. Pt. 2 substituted (23.2.2024) by The Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) (Specified Diseases and Prescribed Occupations) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/199), regs. 1(1), 4(a)
F2: Words in Sch. Pt. 2 inserted (23.2.2024) by The Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) (Specified Diseases and Prescribed Occupations) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/199), regs. 1(1), 4(b)
F3: Words in Sch. Pt. 2 inserted (23.2.2024) by The Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) (Specified Diseases and Prescribed Occupations) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/199), regs. 1(1), 4(c)

Commencement

I1: Sch. Pt. 2 in force at 10.8.2007, see art. 1(1)