The Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

Amendment of the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Regulations

2.—(1) The Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1986(1) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4) of this regulation.

(2) In regulation 2(c) (prescription of diseases and injuries and occupations for which they are prescribed) the words after “to these regulations” shall be omitted.

(3) In regulation 23(2)(2) (time for claiming benefit in respect of occupational deafness) the words after “prescribed in relation to occupational deafness” shall be omitted.

(4) In Part I of Schedule 1 (list of prescribed diseases and the occupations for which they are prescribed) –

(a) after the entry relating to prescribed disease A12(3) there shall be added –

“A13.

Osteoarthritis of the hip.

Work in agriculture as a farmer or farm worker for a period of, or periods which amount in aggregate to, 10 years or more.”;

(b) for the entry relating to prescribed disease B1 there shall be substituted –

“B1.

Anthrax.

(a) Contact with anthrax spores, including contact with animals infected by anthrax; or (b) handling, loading, unloading or transport of animals of a type susceptible to infection with anthrax or of the products or residues of such animals.”;

(c) for the entry relating to prescribed disease B4 there shall be substituted –

“B4.

Ankylostomiasis.

Contact with a source of ankylostomiasis.”;

(d) for the entry relating to prescribed disease B8 there shall be substituted –

“B8A.	Infection by hepatitis A virus.	Contact with raw sewage.
B8B.	Infection by hepatitis B or C virus.	Contact with – (a) human blood or human blood products; or (b) any other source of hepatitis B or C virus.”;

(e) after the entry relating to prescribed disease B13(4) there shall be added –

“B14.	Lyme disease.	Exposure to deer or other mammals of a type liable to harbour ticks harbouring Borrelia bacteria.
B15.	Anaphylaxis.	Employment as a healthcare worker having contact with products made with natural rubber latex.”;

(f) in the first column of the entry relating to prescribed disease D4(5) (allergic rhinitis), after sub-paragraph (w) there shall be added –

“(x) products made with natural rubber latex.”; and

(g) in the first column of the entry relating to prescribed disease D7(6) (asthma), after sub-paragraph (w) there shall be inserted –

“(wa) products made with natural rubber latex;”.

(1)

S.R. 1986 No. 179; relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1986 No. 270, S.R. 1989 No. 319, S.R. 1991 No. 414, S.R. 1993 No. 148, S.R. 1996 No. 57, S.R. 1999 No. 310 (C. 23), S.R. 2000 No. 214 and S.R. 2003 No. 388

(2)

Paragraph (2) was amended by regulation 2(3) of S.R. 2000 No. 214

(3)

Prescribed disease A12 was inserted by regulation 6(2) of S.R. 1993 No. 148

(4)

Prescribed disease B13 was inserted by regulation 2(2) of S.R. 1991 No. 414

(5)

Prescribed disease D4 was substituted by regulation 3(3)(d) of S.R. 1996 No. 57

(6)

Prescribed disease D7 was amended by regulation 2(2) of S.R. 1986 No. 270 and regulation 2(3) of S.R. 1991 No. 414