# The Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Regulations 1985, Regulation 14: Diseases contracted outside Great Britain


For section 50(5) (accidents happening outside Great Britain) there shall be substituted the provision that, subject to the provisions of sections 129, 131 and 132, for the purpose of determining whether a prescribed disease is, or, under the provisions of Part II of these regulations is to be presumed to be, due to the nature of the person's employed earner's employment, that person shall be regarded as not being or as not having been in employed earner's employment during any period for which he is or was outside Great Britain, and accordingly benefit shall not be payable in respect of a prescribed disease which is due to the nature of employment in an occupation in which the person has only been engaged outside Great Britain.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1985/967/regulation/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-industrial-injuries-prescribed-diseases-regulations-1985/regulation-14
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