Amendment of the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) (Prescribed Occupations) Order 20074

The table in Part 2 of the Schedule to the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) (Prescribed Occupations) Order 20075 is amended as follows—

a

in the left hand column, in the entry relating to primary carcinoma of the lung, for “one or both of the following” until the end, substitute “asbestosis”;

b

after the entry relating to primary carcinoma of the lung, insert—

Primary carcinoma of the lung (except where there is evidence of asbestosis)

Any occupation involving exposure to asbestos in the course of—

(a) the manufacture of asbestos textiles;

(b) spraying asbestos;

(c) asbestos insulation work; or

(d) applying or removing materials containing asbestos in the course of shipbuilding.

c

in the left hand column, in the entry relating to bilateral diffuse pleural thickening, insert at the beginning “Unilateral or”.