The Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008
Regulation 2 of these Regulations amends prescribed disease D12 (chronic bronchitis or emphysema) in Part I of Schedule 1 to the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1986 to—give greater clarity to the description of the disease by omitting the word “accompanying”; andamend the job description—to include exposure to coal dust during screen work at the surface of the mine, for a period of 40 years in aggregate, where the exposure has taken place before 1st January 1983; andso that time spent as a screen worker can be aggregated with underground work, whereby 2 years as a screen worker is the equivalent of one year underground, the requisite period of work being at least the equivalent of 20 years as an underground worker.