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Explanatory note

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These Regulations amend the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Amendment Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/586) (“the Amendment Regulations”), which amend the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Regulations 1985 (S.I. 1985/967) (“the Principal Regulations”). They are made in consequence of a defect in the Amendment Regulations and will be issued free of charge to all known recipients of those Regulations.

Regulation 2 amends the Amendment Regulations so as to correct an error in relation to the transitional provisions. The entirety of regulation 3 of the Amendment Regulations, which amends Schedule 1 to the Principal Regulations, does not apply to claims made before the Amendment Regulations come into force.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the costs of business, charities or voluntary bodies.