# The Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2007, Regulation 3: Transitional provision


(1) Regulation 2 shall not apply to a question relating to the blanching of a claimant’s fingers where—
(a) the question arises in connection with a period of assessment which relates to a claim which is made—
(i) before the commencement date, or
(ii) within 3 months after the commencement date in respect of a period which began before the commencement date, or
(b) a person suffers from an attack of a disease and under regulation 7 of the principal Regulations (recrudescence) the attack is a recrudescence of a disease for which a claim was made before the commencement date or within 3 months after the commencement date in respect of a period which began before the commencement date.
(2) For the purposes of this regulation—
(a) “commencement date” means the date on which these Regulations come into force; and
(b) a period of assessment which begins on the day following the end of a preceding period of assessment, shall be treated as a continuation of the preceding period of assessment.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/1753/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-industrial-injuries-prescribed-diseases-amendment-no-2-regulations-2007/regulation-3
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