
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 and shall come into operation on 21st July 2008.
2 
In the entry relating to prescribed disease D12 in Part I of Schedule 1 to the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1986 (list of prescribed diseases and the occupations for which they are prescribed)—
(a) in the first column omit “accompanying”; and
(b) for the entry in the second column substitute—“
Exposure to coal dust (whether before or after 5th July 1948) by reason of working—
(a) underground in a coal mine for a period or periods amounting in aggregate to at least 20 years;
(b) on the surface of a coal mine as a screen worker for a period or periods amounting in aggregate to at least 40 years before 1st January 1983; or
(c) both underground in a coal mine, and on the surface as a screen worker before 1st January 1983, where 2 years working as a surface screen worker is equivalent to one year working underground, for periods amounting in aggregate to at least the equivalent of 20 years underground,
and any such period or periods shall include a period or periods of incapacity while engaged in such an occupation.”.
3 
Regulation 2(4)(d)(ii) of the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 is revoked.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 20th June 2008
(L.S.)John O’Neill
A senior officer of the Department for Social Development
