The Pneumoconiosis, Byssinosis and Miscellaneous Diseases Benefit Scheme 1983
UK Statutory Instrument 1983 No. 136 — creates 1 criminal offence.
- Made
- 9 February 1983
- In force from
- 16 March 1983
- Extent
- Not stated
- Subject
- Education, social security, pensions and public services
- Made under
- Industrial Injuries and Diseases (Old Cases) Act 1975, Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971
Explanatory note
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This Scheme consolidates the Pneumoconiosis, Byssinosis and Miscellaneous Diseases Benefit Scheme 1966 with the amendments made thereto. It provides for payment of benefit out of the National Insurance Fund in respect of disablement or death from certain diseases arising out of employment before 5th July 1948 in cases where neither workmen's compensation nor benefit under the Social Security Act 1975 is payable. The Scheme provides for its administration by the Secretary of State and for adjudication of questions (except certain medical questions which are for determination by the medical board appointed under the Silicosis and Asbestosis (Medical Arrangements) Scheme 1931) by the statutory authorities established under the Social Security Act 1975. The Scheme contains detailed provisions relating to claims and payments and provides for the application to the Scheme of the provisions of the Social Security Act 1975 and the regulations made under that Act which are specified in Schedule 3. The Scheme also contains transitional provisions relating to the transfer to the Secretary of State and the aforesaid statutory authorities of the functions of administration and adjudication formerly exercised by the Administrative Board.
Offences created by this instrument
- Breach of requirements of scheme article 32 · Status not determined · Strict liability
What Parliament said about it
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- Pneumoconiosis, Byssinosis And Miscellaneous Diseases Benefit (Amendment) Scheme 1983
Lords · Lords Chamber · 29 March 1983
The noble Lord said: My Lords, I beg to move the draft scheme. The purpose of the Pneumoconiosis, Byssinosis and Miscellaneous Diseases Benefit (Amendment) Scheme 1983 is to make changes to the principal scheme—that is, the Pneumoconiosis, Byssinosis and Miscellaneous Diseases Benefit Scheme 1983—as a consequence of the abolition of injury benefit from 6th April 1983. The amendment scheme also makes provisions similar to those in the industrial injuries scheme for Pneumoconiosis, Byssinosis and Miscellaneous Diseases Benefit Scheme beneficiaries who go abroad.
- Pneumoconiosis, Byssinosis And Miscellaneous Diseases Benefit (Amendment) Scheme 1985
Lords · Lords Chamber · 18 March 1985 · Lord Glenarthur
My Lords, I beg to move that the Pneumoconiosis, Byssinosis and Miscellaneous Diseases Benefit (Amendment) Scheme 1985 be agreed to. The purpose of this amendment is to make changes to the principal scheme, the Pneumoconiosis, Byssinosis and Miscellaneous Diseases Benefit Scheme 1983, by the addition of a further disease for which benefit may be paid. This disease is lung cancer, when accompanied by asbestosis or bilateral diffuse pleural thickening. The principal scheme provides for benefit to be paid out of the National Insurance Fund for disablement or death caused by certain diseases, if…
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