# The Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 1993, Regulation 6: Amendment of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations


In Part I of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (list of prescribed diseases and the occupations for which they are prescribed), after the entry relating to disease D11 (primary carcinoma of the lung where there is accompanying evidence of silicosis) there shall be inserted the following entry
“
D12 Except in the circumstances specified in regulation 2(d),
(a) chronic bronchitis; or
(b) emphysema; or
(c) both
where there is accompanying evidence of—
(i) coal dust retention demonstrated by a chest radiograph to at least the level of Category 1 in the International Labour Office’s publication “The Classification of Radiographs of Pneumoconioses” Revised Edition 1980, 8th Impression 1992 published at Geneva; and
(ii) a forced expiratory volume in one second at least one litre below the mean value predicted in accordance with “Lung Function: Assessment and Application in Medicine” by J. E. Cotes, 4th Edition 1979 published at Oxford by Blackwell Scientific Publications Limited (ISBN 0-632-00033-3) for a person of the claimant’s age, height and sex, measured from the position of maximum inspiration with the claimant making maximum effort.
Exposure to coal dust by reason of working underground in a coal mine for a period of, or periods amounting in the aggregate to, at least 20 years (whether before or after 5th July 1948).
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/1985/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-industrial-injuries-prescribed-diseases-amendment-no-2-regulations-1993/regulation-6
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