Regulation 3 Re-assessment of the extent of disability in respect of occupational deafness

For paragraph (5) of regulation 34 of the Prescribed Diseases Regulations there shall be substituted the following paragraph:—

“(5)

Where on re-assessment of the extent of disability in respect of occupational deafness the average sensorineural hearing loss over 1, 2 and 3 kHz frequencies is not 50 db or more in each ear, or where there is such a loss but the loss in one or each ear is not 50 db or more due to occupational noise, the extent of disablement shall be assessed at less than 20 per cent.”.