# The Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Regulations 1985, Regulation 20A: Diffuse mesothelioma—prescribed loss of faculty


(1) For the purposes of paragraph 1 of Schedule 6 to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (which provides for the assessment of the extent of disablement for the purposes of industrial injuries disablement benefit), the loss of faculty set out in paragraph (2) below is prescribed under sub-paragraph (d) of that paragraph 1 (loss of faculty from which the resulting disabilities are to be taken as amounting to 100 per cent. disablement).
(2) The loss of faculty referred to in paragraph (1) above is impaired function of the pleura, pericardium or peritoneum function caused by diffuse mesothelioma.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1985/967/regulation/20A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-industrial-injuries-prescribed-diseases-regulations-1985/regulation-20A
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