| Disease | Occupations prescribed in relation to the disease | |
|---|---|---|
| Byssinosis | Any occupation involving work in any room where any process up to and including the weaving process is performed in a factory in which the spinning or manipulation of raw or waste cotton or of flax, or the weaving of cotton or flax, is carried on. | |
| Diffuse mesothelioma | Any occupation involving exposure to asbestos, asbestos dust or any admixture of asbestos at a level above that commonly found in the environment at large. | |
| Primary carcinoma of the lung where there is evidence of one or both of the following– | Any occupation involving: | |
| (i) | asbestosis | |
| (ii) | bilateral diffuse pleural thickening | |
| (a) the working or handling of asbestos or any admixture of asbestos; | ||
| (b) the manufacture or repair of asbestos textiles or other articles containing or composed of asbestos; | ||
| (c) the cleaning of any machinery or plant used in any of the foregoing operations and of any chambers, fixtures and appliances for the collection of asbestos dust; or | ||
| (d) substantial exposure to the dust arising from any of the operations listed in paragraphs (a), (b) or (c). | ||
| Bilateral diffuse pleural thickening | Any occupation involving: | |
| (a) the working or handling of asbestos or any admixture of asbestos; | ||
| (b) the manufacture or repair of asbestos textiles or other articles containing or composed of asbestos; | ||
| (c) the cleaning of any machinery or plant used in any of the foregoing operations and of any chambers, fixtures and appliances for the collection of asbestos dust; or | ||
| (d) substantial exposure to the dust arising from any of the operations listed in paragraphs (a), (b) or (c). | ||
(This note is not part of the Order)
Under the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) Act 1979 (“the Act”) lump sum payments may be made to certain persons disabled by a disease to which the Act applies, or to dependants of persons who were so disabled before they died.
One of the prerequisites for making a payment under the Act is that every relevant employer of a person disabled by a disease to which the Act applies must have ceased to carry on business. A “relevant employer” is a person by whom the disabled person was employed in a prescribed occupation during the time that he was developing the disease, and against whom he might have or might have had a claim for damages in respect of the disablement. This Order lists the occupations prescribed for the purposes of each disease to which the Act applies.
A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the costs of business, charities and voluntary bodies.