# The Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Amendment Regulations 1991, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Regulations 1985 and come into force on 26th September 1991.
Regulation 2 provides for industrial diseases Orf and Hydatidosis to be added to the diseases prescribed under Chapter V of Part II of the Social Security Act 1975. It also makes additions to the list of sensitising agents, including an “open” category for any other sensitising agent which causes occupational asthma due to exposure in an occupation.
Regulation 3 provides for the time at which a person is to be treated as having developed the prescribed disease and the relevant date.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1938/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-industrial-injuries-prescribed-diseases-amendment-regulations-1991/note
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