# The Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Amendment Regulations 2003, Regulation 6: Transitional provision


(1) Regulations 2 and 5 shall not apply—
(a) to a period of assessment which relates to a claim which is made before the commencement date;
(b) to a period of assessment which relates to a claim which is made within 3 months after the commencement date in respect of a period which began before the commencement date; or
(c) where 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;
(b) the date on which a claim is made is the date on which the claim is made or treated as made in accordance with the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987; and
(c) 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/2003/270/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-industrial-injuries-prescribed-diseases-amendment-regulations-2003/regulation-6
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