The Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009
These Regulations amend the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1986 which prescribe diseases for which industrial injuries benefit is payable. Regulation 2 adds the disease osteoarthritis of the knee, as it relates to certain occupations in the coal mining industry, to the list of prescribed diseases in Part I of Schedule 1 to those Regulations.