# The Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers’ Compensation) (Prescribed Occupations) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007, Note: Explanatory note

Extent: N.I.

(This note is not part of the Order)
Under the Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers’ Compensation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (“the Order”) lump sum payments may be made to certain persons disabled by a disease to which the Order applies, or to dependants of persons who were so disabled before they died.
One of the prerequisites for making a payment under the Order is that every relevant employer of a person disabled by a disease to which the Order applies must have ceased to carry on business. A “relevant employer” is a person by whom the disabled person was employed in a prescribed occupation during the time that he was developing the disease, and against whom he might have or might have had a claim for damages in respect of the disablement. This Order lists the occupations prescribed for the purposes of each disease to which the Order applies.
The enabling provision under which this Order is made was brought into operation, for the purpose only of authorising the making of an order, on 19 July 2007 and for all other purposes on 10th August 2007 by virtue of the Welfare Reform (2007 Act) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007 No. 335 (C. 23)).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2007/337/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/pneumoconiosis-etc-workers-compensation-prescribed-occupations-order-northern-ireland-2007/note
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