Paragraph 4

In regulation 9 (re-employment of pneumoconiotics and special provisions for benefit (workmen’s compensation cases))—

(a)

in paragraph (1) for the words “special medical board or a specially qualified adjudicating medical practitioner" there shall be substituted the words “ medical practitioner ”;

(b)

in paragraph (2)—

(i)

for sub-paragraph (a) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—

“(a)
A medical practitioner shall provide a report to the Secretary of State to enable him to determine at what degree the extent of disablement resulting from pneumoconiosis should be assessed in his case.”;

(ii)

in sub-paragraph (b) for the words “a specially qualified adjudicating medical practitioner, a special medical board or a medical appeal tribunal" there shall be substituted the words “ the Secretary of State or an appeal tribunal ”;

(iii)

in sub-paragraph (c) for the words “to the extent certified in the decision of the specially qualified adjudicating medical practitioner, the special medical board or medical appeal tribunal given under sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph" there shall be substituted the words “ to the extent decided by the Secretary of State or an appeal tribunal ”.