The Pneumoconiosis, Byssinosis, and Miscellaneous Diseases Benefit (Amendment) Scheme 1985
This Scheme amends the Pneumoconiosis, Byssinosis and Miscellaneous Diseases Benefit Scheme 1983 (“the principal Scheme”) so as to add to the list of diseases, in respect of which benefit is payable out of the National Insurance Fund under the principal Scheme, a further disease falling within the category of malignant or potentially malignant neoplasms, namely lung carcinoma, when accompanied by asbestosis or bilateral diffuse pleural thickening.