The Social Security (Industrial Injuries)(Prescribed Diseases) Amendment Regulations 1990
These Regulations amend the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Regulations 1985. They provide where the degree of disablement due to industrial deafness is assessed at less than 20 per cent. that percentage shall be disregarded for the purposes of assessing disablement. These Regulations also ensure that “metal” for the purposes of sensorineural hearing loss does not include stone, concrete, aggregate or similar substances for use in road or railway construction.