SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2 Consequential amendments

Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) Act 1979

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(1)

In subsection (3) of section 2 of the M1Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) Act 1979 (conditions of entitlement), in the definition of “death benefit”—

(a)

for the words “section 76 of the Social Security Act 1975” there shall be substituted the words “ section 108 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 ”; and

(b)

for the words “section 5 of the Industrial Injuries and Diseases (Old Cases) Act 1975” there shall be substituted the words “ paragraph 4 of Schedule 8 to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 ”.

(2)

In the definition of “disablement benefit”, after “1975”—

(a)

in the first place where it occurs, there shall be inserted the words “ or section 108 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 ”; and

(b)

in the second place where it occurs, there shall be inserted the words “ or paragraph 4 of Schedule 8 to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 ”.