Explanatory note

These Regulations amend Part I of Schedule 1 to the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Regulations 1985 (S.I. 1985/967), which prescribes diseases for which industrial injuries benefit is payable. Specifically these Regulations amend prescribed disease D12: chronic bronchitis or emphysema.

Regulation 2(2) omits the word “accompanying” from the description of the disease. This gives greater clarity to the provision.

Regulation 2(3) amends the job description to include exposure to coal dust during screen work at the surface of the mine, for a period of 40 years in aggregate, where the exposure has taken place before 1st January 1983. Time spent as a screen worker can also be aggregated with underground work, whereby 2 years as a screen worker is the equivalent of 1 year underground. In the latter case the requisite period of work is at least the equivalent of 20 years as an underground worker.

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