Regulation 5 Amendment of the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Regulations 1985

In the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Regulations 1985 M1, regulation 5 (development of disease) shall be re-numbered paragraph (1) of regulation 5, and immediately after re-numbered paragraph (1) add—

“(2)

Where a person claims benefit under Part V of the Contributions and Benefits Act and it is decided that he is not entitled on the basis of a finding that he was not suffering from a prescribed disease, the finding shall be conclusive for the purpose of a decision on a subsequent claim of that kind in respect of the same disease and the same person.”.