Part IV Miscellaneous and Supplementary

Miscellaneous

24 Power to extend Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) Act 1979. C1

In the M1Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) Act 1979—

a

in section 1—

i

at the end of subsection (3) there shall be added the words “and any other disease which is specified by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Act by order made by statutory instrument.”; and

ii

the following subsection shall be added after subsection (4)—

“(5) No order shall be made under this section unless a draft of the order has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.”; and

b

in section 4(4)—

i

the words “other than a disease specified in an order under section 1 above,” shall be inserted after “applies,” in paragraphs (a) and (b); and

ii

the following paragraphs shall be added after paragraph (b)—

c

in the case of a person disabled by a disease specified in an order under section 1 above, means the date on which disablement benefit first became payable to him in respect of the disease or the date of the coming into force of the order, whichever is the later;

d

in the case of the dependant of a person who, immediately before he died, was disabled by a disease specified in an order under section 1 above, means the date of the deceased’s death or the date of the coming into force of the order, whichever is the later.