
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018 and shall come into operation on 28th September 2018.
2 
In Part 1 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 second column of the entry relating to prescribed disease B15 for “Employment as a healthcare worker having contact” substitute “Contact”;
(b) for the second column of the entry relating to prescribed disease D6 substitute—“
(a) Attendance for work at a workplace where wooden goods or products made wholly or partially of wood are manufactured or repaired; or
(b) attendance for work in a building used for the manufacture of footwear or components of footwear made wholly or partly of leather or fibre board; or
(c) attendance for work at a place used wholly or mainly for the repair of footwear made wholly or partly of leather or fibre board; or
(d) exposure to wood dust in the course of the machine processing of wood.”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 24th August 2018
(L.S.)Anne McCleary
A senior officer of the Department for Communities

