The Pneumoconiosis, Byssinosis and Miscellaneous Diseases Benefit (Amendment) Scheme 1997
This Scheme amends the Pneumoconiosis, Byssinosis and Miscellaneous Diseases Benefit Scheme 1983 (S.I. 1983/136) by limiting to three months the period of backdating for an allowance or an increase of an allowance and by reducing the time limit for claiming death benefit to three months from the date of death.