# The Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Regulations 1985, Regulation 12: Application of Claims and Payments Regulations and Benefit Regulations


(1) Save in so far as they are expressly varied or excluded by, or are inconsistent with, the provisions of this Part of these regulations or of regulation 25 or 36, the Claims and Payments Regulations and the Benefit Regulations shall apply in relation to prescribed diseases as they apply in relation to accidents.
(2) Save as provided in this Part of these regulations or where the context otherwise requires, references in the aforesaid regulations to accidents shall be construed as references to prescribed diseases, references to the relevant accident shall be construed as references to the relevant disease, references to the date of the relevant accident shall be construed as references to the date of onset of the relevant disease, and in regulation 17 of the Benefit Regulations (increase of disablement pension in cases of special hardship), the reference to the effects of the relevant injury shall be construed as a reference to the effects of the relevant disease.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1985/967/regulation/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-industrial-injuries-prescribed-diseases-regulations-1985/regulation-12
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