# The Social Security (Adjudication) Regulations 1995, Regulation 43: Construction of Section A

Extent: E+W+S

(1) Regulation 34 applies for the construction of this Section as it applies for the construction of Section E of Part III.
(2) Except as provided in this Section any reference in Part II of the Administration Act or in these Regulations to the relevant accident shall be construed as a reference to the relevant disease and any reference to the date of the relevant accident shall be construed as a reference to the date of onset of the relevant disease.
(3) In the following provisions of this Section any question arising in connection with a claim for or award of disablement benefit—
(a) whether any person is suffering or has suffered from a prescribed disease, is referred to as a diagnosis question;
(b) whether a prescribed disease has, in fact, been contracted afresh in a case where that question arises under the provisions of regulation 7 or 8 of the Prescribed Diseases Regulations is referred to as a recrudescence question.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1801/regulation/43 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-adjudication-regulations-1995/regulation-43
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