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Document ID (ISN)50776
CIS number 88-1756
Year 1985
Convention or series no. Statutory Instruments 1985 No.967
Title The Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Regulations 1985 [United Kingdom]
Bibliographic information HMSO Sales, P.O. Box 276, London SW8 5DT, United Kingdom, 1985. p.2960-2998.
Abstract Contents of these regulations (effective date: 31 July 1985): prescription of diseases and injuries and occupations for which they are prescribed (including considerations of sequelae); date of onset and recrudescence; special provisions relating to pneumoconiosis, byssinosis, deafness and asthma; medical examinations and suspension. Appendices cover: schedule of prescribed diseases and the occupations for which they are prescribed (with a special section on pneumoconiosis); assessment of occupational deafness; transitional provisions.
Descriptors (primary) United Kingdom; schedule of occupational diseases; workmen's compensation
Descriptors (secondary) byssinosis; asthma; pneumoconiosis; law; expertise; medical examinations; deafness
Document type A - Laws, regulations, directives
Country / State or ProvinceUnited Kingdom
Subject(s) Standards and directives with the force of law
Broad subject area(s) Occupational medicine, epidemiology
Browse category(ies) Workers' compensation