Regulation 2 Amendment of the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Regulations 1985

The Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Regulations 1985^f1 are amended as follows.

In regulation 4(2)^f2 (presumption that a disease is due to the nature of employment), after “A14,” insert “A15,”.

In Part 1 of Schedule 1 (list of prescribed diseases and the occupations for which they are prescribed), after the entry for prescribed disease A14^f3, insert—

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A15 Dupuytren’s contracture of the hand resulting in fixed flexion deformity of one or more inter-phalangeal joints of one or more of the digits.

Any occupation involving the use of hand-held powered tools whose internal parts vibrate so as to transmit that vibration to the hand (but excluding those tools which are solely powered by hand) where - (a) the use of those tools amounts to a period or periods in aggregate of at least 10 years; (b) within that period or those periods, the use of those tools amounts to at least 2 hours per day for 3 or more days per week; and (c) the onset of the disease fell within the period or periods of use specified in this paragraph.

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