Statutory Instruments
2007 No. 811
Social security
The Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Amendment Regulations 2007
Made
12th March 2007
Laid before Parliament
16th March 2007
Coming into force
6th April 2007
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 108(2), 122(1) and 175(1) to (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992( 1 ).
The Secretary of State is satisfied of the matters referred to in section 108(2)(a) and (b) of that Act.
In accordance with section 172(2) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992( 2 ), reference has been made to the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council.
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Amendment Regulations 2007 and shall come into force on the 6th April 2007.
Amendment of Schedule 1 to the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Regulations 1985
2. —(1)Part I of Schedule 1 to the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Regulations 1985( 3 ) (list of prescribed diseases and the occupations for which they are prescribed) is amended as follows.
(2) In the first column relating to prescribed disease A4, substitute “A4 Task-specific focal dystonia.”.
(3) In the first column of the entry relating to prescribed disease A5 omit “(beat hand)”.
(4) In the first column of the entry relating to prescribed disease A6 omit “(beat knee)”.
(5) In the first column of the entry relating to prescribed disease A7 omit “(beat elbow)”.
(6) Omit the entry relating to prescribed disease A9.
(7) For the entry in the second column relating to prescribed disease A12, substitute—
“ (a) The use, at the time the symptoms first develop, of hand-held powered tools whose internal parts vibrate so as to transmit that vibration to the hand, but excluding those tools which are solely powered by hand; or
(b) repeated palmar flexion and dorsiflexion of the wrist for at least 20 hours per week for a period or periods amounting in aggregate to at least 12 months in the 24 months prior to the onset of symptoms, where “repeated” means once or more often in every 30 seconds. ” .
(8) In the second column of the entry relating to prescribed disease B6, at the end add “or (e) work involving exposure to metalworking fluid mists.”.
Transitional provision
3. Regulation 2 shall not apply to a period of assessment which relates to a claim made before the date on which these Regulations come into force.
Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
Jim Murphy
Minister of State,
Department for Work and Pensions
12th March 2007
1992 c.4 . Section 122(1) is cited for the definition of “prescribe”. Section 175 was amended by paragraph 29 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc. ) Act 1999 (c.2) and Schedule 6 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c.21) .
1992 c.5 .
S.I. 1985/967 ; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1993/862 and 1996/425 .