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The Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Regulations 1985 (S.I. No. 967 of 1985)

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United Kingdom
Employment accident and occupational disease benefit
1985-07-31
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Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

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Defines the occupational diseases that are recognised as such; these are listed in Schedule I, together with the occupations for which they are prescribed. On the basis of the relation between the disease and the type of occupation, the regulations establish a presumption that, unless there is evidence to the contrary, the disease is due to the nature of employment. Part III deals with the date of the onset of the disease, and its recrudescence. Certain diseases such as pneumoconiosis and occupational deafness are subject to special provisions. The regulations lay down the conditions governing the affected worker's entitlement to compensation, and provisions as to medical examination. The regulations were made by the Secretary of State for Social Services under the Social Security Act 1975. They consolidate the 1980 Regulations, and the subsequent amendments on the subject; they revoke and supersede nine sets of regulations introduced since 1980. The main difference between the 1980 regulations and this statute is the deletion, in the latter, of Part V of the 1980 regulations (procedure for determination of claims and questions) which has been incorporated into Part IX of the Social Security (Adjudication) Regulations 1984.

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    39 p.