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299 No.

34 of 1969.

THE NATIONAL iNSlJRANCE AND SOCIAL SECURITY ACT, 1969.

THE NATIONAL INSURANCE AND SOCIAL SECURITY (INDUSTRIAL BENEFIT) REGULATIONS, 1969.

In exercise of the powers conferred upon the Minister by sections 12, 14, 20, 21 , 23, 24, 39 and 51 of the National Insur ance and Social Security Act, 1969, and by virtue and in exercise of all other powers enabling him in that behalf the following Regula tions ¥e hereby made : - 1.
These Regulations may be cited as the National Insur- ~;!c:::;_00 ance and Social Security (Industrial Benefit) Regulations, 1969 and ment.

shall come into operation on the day declared pursuant to section 19(3) of the Act.

2.

( 1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires - ~~:p•et th e National Insurance and Social No.
ts ot 1969 · "the Act" means Secudty Act, 1969 ; "average wage" means - (i) (ii) in the case of a person paid monthly, the total amount of wages paid in the period of one month previous to the relevant accident; and in the case of a person paid weekly or fortnightly, the total amount of wages in the period of four weeks previous to the relevant accident divided by four: Provided that if ·the person concerned did not work for the whole of the said period for the emp loyer by whom he was employed on the day of the relevant accident, the average wage shall be calcula ted by dividing the total wages paid by that emvloyer in that period (including any wages due for th at period but unpaid) by the number of days worked for •that employer in the said period and multiplying by six; "child" in relation to an insured person includes a step child and any other child, whether legitimate or not, living with the insured person or wholly or partially maintained by him; "contribution week" means a period of seven days com mencing immediately after twelve o'clock midnight on each Sunday and ending at twelve o'clock mid night on the Sunday next following; "dependant" subject to the proviso below means - (a) to the deceased in relation insured person such members of his family as were wholly or partially dependent upon the wages or other income of the 300 insured person at the time of his death , or would but for the incapacity due to the accident have been so dependent and where the insured person , being the parent or grandparent of an illegitimate child , leaves such a child so dependent on his wages or other income or being an illegitimate child leaves a parent or grandparent so dependent on his wages or other income, shall include such an illegitimate child and parent or grandparent respectively : in relation to a person entitled to benefit by way of periodical payments his wife and children under the age of eighteen years living with him and such mem bers of his family over ,that age (including children) as are wholly or
 partially dependent upon the bene ficiary : (b) Provided that a person shall not be deemed to have been depend ent upon the wages or other income of the deceased insured person or to be dependent upon a person entitled to benefit by wtay of periodical payments as the case may be unless he was or is dependent partially on that other person for the provision of the ordinary neces saries of life; "hospital" means any institution for the reception and treatment of persons suffering from illness or mental defectiveness, any maternity home, and any institu tion for the reception and treatment of persons dur requiring medical ing convalescence or persons rehabilitatio_n, and includes clinics, dispensaries and out-patient departments maintained in connection with any such institution or home as aforesaid; "member of a family " means wife or husband, father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, stepfather, step mother.
son, daughter, grandson , granddaughter, stepson, stepdaughter, brother, sister, half-brother, or half-sister of the deceased insured person or of the person entitled to benefit by way of periodical payments, as the case may be, and shall include such other person as, at the time of the relevant injury or the entitl ement to benefit as the case may be, was or is wholly or partially dependent upon the first mentioned person for the ordinary necessaries of life ; " registered medical practitioner" means a person duly registered as a medical practitioner under the laws for the tim e being in force relating to the registration of medical practitioners; " relevant accident", " relevant injury" and " relevant loss of faculty" mean respectively, in relation to injury benefit, disa blement benefit or death benefit, the accident.
injury and loss of faculty in respect of which any of the said benefits is claimed or payable; 301 "relevant wage" means the amount set out in the fourth column of Part I of the First Schedule in respect of the wage group in which the insured person has paid or has been credited with or has paid and has been credited with, the greatesrt number of contri butions for the period of the last thirteen weeks immediately preceding the week in which the rele vant accident occurred: :provided that in the case of a person insured for industrial bene fits only or an insured person who has not been employed for the whole of that period by the employer with whom he was employed on the day of the relevant accident, there shall be substituted for the said wage group the group in which is included the average wage of the insured person; "Schedule" means a Schedule to these Regulations; "wage group" means the group set out in the first to third columITTs of Part I of the First Schedule.
(2) In these Regulations ~!he expression "the hushand" or "the wife" in relation to a person who has been married more than once refers to the last husband or wife respectively.
(3) For the purposes of these Regulations - (a) a lawfully adopted child shall be treated as if the child is the legitimate issue of the adopter, or if the child has been adopted by two spouses jointly, or by one of two spouses after their marriage, as if the child were the legitimate issue of their marriage, and shall not be treated as being issue of any other person; (b) where it is a condition for title to benefit that - {i) (ii) a woman is the widow of an insured man the Director may treat a single woman or widow who was living with a single man or widower as his wife at the date of his death as if she were in law bis widow: or a man is the widower of an insured woman, the Director may treat a single man or widower who was living with a single woman or widow as her husband at the date of her death, as if he were in law her widower : Provided that the Director shall be satisfied that in all the circum stances he or she should be so treated; (c) where the question of marriage or re-mauriage arises in regard to the title or cessation of title to benefit, the Director shall in the absence of the subsistence of lawful marrjage and of any impediment to lawful marriage decide whether or not ,the person or persons concerned should be treated as if he, she or they were married or as if he or she had remarried, as the casr- may be, and if so, from what date, and in 302 (d) detemnining the question the Director shall have regard to the provisions of sub-paragraph (b) of this paragraph; the determination of the
 Director under sub-para graph (b) or (c) of this paragraph shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the effect of extend ing, as regards title or cessation of title to benefit payable to a man or woman, the meaning of the word "marriage" to include the association between such a single woman or widow as aforesaid with such a single man or widower as aforesaid and the asso ciation between such a single man or widower as aforesaid with such a single woman or widow as aforesaid, and for this purpose the words "wife", "husband", "widow", "widower" and "spouse" shall be construed accordingly.
(4) The exprc.-ssion "employment injury" shall have the same meaning as in paragraph (b) of sub-section (1) of section 19 of the Act.

Part l - Industrial Benefit for Accidents Injury Benefit Bntlllcment to bMefit.

3.
Subject to the provisions of these Regulations, mJury benefit shall be payable to an insured person who at the time of the relevant accident was in insurable employment and who as a result of the relevant injury i6 incapable of work and for this purpose - (a) a person shall be treated as incapable of work for any day on which he is required to abstain from work as a result of the employment injury; (b) Sunday or such other day in each week as may be determined by the Director in any particular case or class of case shall not be treated as a day of incapacity for work, and shall be disregarded in computing any period of consecutive days : Provided that a person in insurable employment shall not be deprived of his entitlement to injury benefit by reason only that under the National Insurance and Social Security (Classification) Regula tions, 1969, he is deemed to be other than an employed person.
Day from which benefit is to com mence.

4.

(]) An insured person who is el igible for injury benefit shall not be entitled to receive such benefit for the first three days of any continuous period of incapacity for V10rk, but only as from the fourth day of any such period.

(2) In determining whether the insured pemon is incapable of work on the day of -the accident, any part of that day before the happening of the accident shall be disregarded .

Manner of claiming and suppollt of claim.

5.
A claim for injury benefit shall be made in the prescribed manner and shall be supported by a certificate of a registered medi cal practitioner or by such other evidence as the Director may require 303 for the purpose of establishing the insured person's incapacity for work: Provided that the Director may, for such purpose, require the claimant to attend for, and submit himself to, examination by one or more registered medical practitioners nominated by the Director from a panel of registered medical practitionern approved by the Board.
6.

Injury benefit shall be paid for each day (excluding Dura tion.
Sunday or such other day in each week as shall have been determined under regulation 3) as long as incapacity for work continues, subject to a maximum of twenty-six weeks in any continuous period of in capacity for work: P~ovided that any two or more periods of incapacity for work arising out of the relevant injury and not separated by more than eight weeks shall be treated as one continuous period of incapacity for work starting on the first day of the first of such periods.

7.
7.

(1) The daily rate of injury benefit shall be one-sixth of the /~i~~y°1 sum specified as the weekly injury benefit in column 5 of Part I of be nefir.

the First Schedule opposite the wage group in which the relevant wage falls.

(2) Where any two or more periods of incapacity for work are treated as one continuous period under regulation 6 the daily rate of benefit payable in respect of any period after the first period of incapacity shall be the daily rate of benefit paid during such first period.
(3) No person shall be allowed injury benefit at a higher rate than the difference between his average weekly wage for the period for which he has worked in ,the last month in the case of a monthly paid, and four weeks in the case of a weeildy or fortnightly paid person, prior to the date of the accident and the weekly amount, if any, paid by his employer as sick pay.

8.
An insured person entitled to payment of injury benefit ~j!~~~i_;- shall be disqualified for receiving such benefit for such period as the Director may decide, but not exceeding six weeks if - (a) (b) (c) the claimant has become incapable of work through bis own misconduct; or the claimant fails, without good cause, to comply with a notice in writing by the Director requiring him to attend for and submit himself to medical or other examination; or the claimant fails, without good cause, to observe any of the following rules of behaviour, namely - (i) to refrain from behaviour calculated to retard his recovery, or to answer any reasonable en quiries by an officer of the Board directed to ascertaining whether be is doing so; 304 (ii) not to be absent from his place of residence without leaving word where he may be found; or to do no work for which remuneration is or would ordin arily be payable.
(iii) Disablement Benefit fi,nti~~z:;11;;.

9.
(1) An insured person who at the time of the relevant acci ment benafit dent was in insurable employment shall not be entitled to disablement benefit for the first three days (excluding Sunday or such other day in each week as shall have been determined under regulation 3) begin ning with the day of the relevant acciden t. (2) Subject to the provisions of these Regulations, an in sured person who at the time of th e relevant accident was in insurable employment shall be entitled to disablement benefit tor any day (ex cluding Sunday or such other day in each week as shall have been determin ed under regu lation 3) after th e period mentioned in para graph (1) of this regulation if as a result of th e relevant accident he is suffering from loss of faculty a nd is not en titl ed to injury benefit for that day : Provid ed that a person in insurable employment shall not be deprived of his entitlement to disablement benefit by reason only that undei: the National Insurance and Social Security (Classification) Regulations, 19 69, he is deemed to be other than an employed person.
the extent of dis ablement shall be assessed , by reference to the disabilities incurred by the claimant as a result of the relevant loss of faculty, in accord ance with the following general principles - (3) F o r the purposes of this regul ation , (a) to be taken save as hereafter provided in this ,sub-paragraph, the into account shall be all disabilities disabilities (whether or not involving loss of earning power or additional expense) to which the claimant may be expected, having regard to his physical and mental condition at the date of assessment, to be subject during ,th e period taken into account by the assessment as compared wi th a person of the same age and sex whose physical and mental condition is normal; (b) no such disability shall be treated as having been .incurred as a result of the relevant loss of faculty in so far as the claimant either.
- (i) would in any case h ave been subject thereto as the result of congenital defect or of any injury the or disease received or contracted before relevant accident ; or (ii) would not have been subject thereto but for some injury or disease received or contracted that after, accident; and not directly attributable to, 305 (c) the assessment shall be made without reference to the particular circumstances of the claimant other than age, sex, and physical and mental condition.
( 4) The period to be taken into account by an assessment of the extent of a claimant's disablement shall be the period - (a) beginning with the first day of entitlement under paragraph (2) of this regulntion and limited either to the claimant's life or to a definite date; and (b) during which the claimant has suffered and may be expected to suffer from the relevant loss of faculty : Provided that, if on any assessment the condition of ,the claimant is not such, having regard to the possibility of changes therein (whether predictable or not), as to allow of a final assessment being made up to the end of the said period - (a) a provisional assessment shall be made, taking into account such shorter period only as seems reasonable having regard to his condition and the possibility aforesaid; and (b) on the next assessment the period to be taken into account shall begin with the day after the end of the period taken into account by the provisional assess ment.
(5) An assessment shall state the degree of disablement in the form of a percentage, which shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Second Schedule, and shall also specify the period taken into acount by the assessment and, where that is limited by reference to a definite date as in paragraph (4) of this regulation, whether the assessment is provisional or final: Provided that - (a) (b) the said percentage and period shall not be specified more particularly than is necessary for the purpose of determining in accordance with this regulation the ·claimant's rights to disablement benefit; and a percentage above fourteen which is not a multiple of ten shall ·be treated - (i) if it is a multiple of five, as being higher percentage which is a multiple of ten; if it is not a multiple of five, as being the nearer percentage which is a multiple of ten; the next (ii) (c) where a medical board has given a final assessment of the degree of disablement of a claimant, the assess ment may be reviewed at any time at the initiative of the medical board or at the request of the Director and the new assessment, if different from the previous one, shall be taken into consideration in determining the claimant's rights to disablement benefit.
306 R:ate or amount of b enefit 10.

(1) Where the extent of the disablement for the period taken into account is assessed as amounting to less than fifteen per centum, disablement benefit shall be a lump sum grant of the amount as provided in Part III of the First Schedule.
(2) Where the extent of disablement is assessed as amounting to fifteen per centum or more, then for the period determined in the assessment, the weekly rate of disablement benefit shall lbe at the asses,sed percentage of the injury benefit applicable to the case as specified in column 5 of Part I of the First Schedule: Provided that where the period of assessment is limited by re ference to a definite date, the disablement benefit shall cease on the death of the beneficiary before that date.
.11. r.ncrease of Where a beneficiary entitled to disablement benefit enters t~':tmJ~~ing any hospital for the purpose of receiving approved hospital treatment ~"'P"?

:id in respect of ;,:~en~ which the pension is payable was assessed at less than one hundred per centum, it shall be treated for the period for which he received such treatment as if it had been assessed at one hundred per centum.

or rehabilitation, then if the degree of disablement Death Benefit.

12.
12.

(1) Subject to the provisions of these Regulations, where an Entitlement ~t ~~~it d e- insured person in i~surable employment dies as a result of the relevant pendla.n,ts.
inju!ry, death benefit shall be payable - (a) (b) to or for the benefit of the dependants of the de ceased, other than those specifically excluded by paragraph (2) of this regulation; and either as a periodical payment or as a lump sum, calculated in accordance with these Regulations: Provided that the dependants of the dece3Sed shall not be deprived of death benefit under these Regulations by reason only that under the National Insurance and Social Security (Classification) Regulations, 1969, the deceased, though in insurable employment, was deemed to be other than an employed person.
(2) The dependants of a person entitled to claim death bene fit under paragraph ( 1) of this regulation shall not include an adult dependant who - (a) had died before an award of such benefit in respect (b) of the deceased has been made; or is the widow of the deceased unless at the time of his death - (i) she is over fifty-five years of age or incapable of wonk and this incapacity is likely to be per manent; or (ii) she is pregnant by her late husband; or (iii) she has the care of a dhild of his or of their marriage under eighteen years of age; 307 and was either residing with him or receiving, or entitled to receive, from him periodical payments for the maintenance of herself or the children or both of not less than five dollars weekly; or (c) is the widower of the deceased unless at the time of her death - (i) he is over fifty-five years of age and incapable of work and this incapacity is likely to be per manent; and (ii) he has no income from any source whether by way of pension or otherwise, other than public assistance under the Poor Relief Ordinance or Cap.
62. non-contributory pension under the Old Age Cap.

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Pensions Ordinance; or (d) was married to the insured person less than six months before his death if it appears to the Director that the marriage was contracted in anticipation of that death.

13.

(I) A widow or a widower qualifying as a dependant under Prior entiUe ~ict<_>w er a nd chiJd.

regulation 12 shall be entitled to death benefit in preference to all !i~~~.0 other claimants.
(2) Every unmarried dependent child who becomes an orphan as a result of the death of - (a) an insured person whose death was caused by a relevant injury; or (b) a widow or widower in receipt of a death benefit, and who has no stepmother or stepfather with a prior claim shall, in preference to all other claimants, be entitled to death benefit from the day after the death of the deceased if he is then under the age of eight~en years and was wholly or partially maintained by the deceased and shall, subject to the conditions specified in paragraph ( c) of regulation 17 continue to receive benefit until he reaches the age of eighteen years.
14. .

ed b If the insured person dies as the result of a relevant E n;titlement of parc r>ts to to dearh bcn~ 'd d .

InJUry an 1s not surv1v death benefit, a parent of the deceasied who is permanently incapable tu.

of self-support and who was being wholly or partially maintained by the deceased or who would, but for the relevant accident, have been so maintained shall be entitled to death benefit.

y a w1 ow, w1 ower or c .

l d , entit e hild' 'd 15.


(1) Where an insured person dies as a result of a relevant ;t!!~r•";c1a.
injury and is not survived by a widow, widower, child or parent ~ve:/o death entitled to death benefit, a lump sum death benefit shall be payable to a dependant or dependants being members of the family of the deceased if at the time of death the dependant was wholly or partially maintained by the deceased or would, but for the relevant accident, have been so maintained, and e)l Lt. (a) if the dependant is a man, is permanently incapable of self-support; 308 (b) if the dependant is a woman, is herself permanently incapable of self-support or is living with her 1iusband who is permanently incapable of self-support; (c) if the dependant is a child, he is under the age of eighteen years, or being above that age is per manently incapable of self-support.
lump sum If there is more than one dependant, the payable under paragraph (1) of this regulation shall be distributed in such manner as the Director may, in his discretion, consider reason able.
(2) (3) Where an insured person dies as a result of a relev!l.nt mjury and leaves no dependants entitled to death benefit, there shall be payable to his creditors or to his estate a lump sum not exceeding the smaller of the following amounts :- (a) (b) a sum equal to the reasonable expenses for medical attendance on the deceased for the relevant injury and the reasonable expenses of his burial; or the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars.

%~a~ i' r· 11 16.
%~a~ i' r· 11 16.

Except for lump sums payable under regulation 15 all ene · death benefits shall be paid as pensions.

Period for which pen- sions payable .

or f 17 .
the Death benefit in the form of pensions shall be payable undermentioned periods : - (a) to a widow from the: g_ate of the death of her husband for life : Provided that if she remarries or cohabits with a man not her husband, the payment of benefit shall cease from the date of her re marriage or of her cohabitation, as the case may be ; (b) (c) (d) to a widower from the date of the death of his wife for life, or until he is declared by a medical board to have become capable of work, or until the Director is satisfied that his circumstances have so changed by remarriage or othe.rwise that he no longer fulfils th e condition set out in regulat ion 12 (2) (c) (ii); to an orphan from the date of death of his surviving parent until he reaches the age of sixteen years or, being between the ages of sixteen and eighteen years, be is an unpaid apprentice and not otherwise employ ed for gain or is receiving full-time education; to a parent from the date of death of the deceased for life or until the Director is satisfied th at the circumstances of the parent have so changed by re marriage or otherwise that he or she would no longer shave been dependent on the deceased person if he had survived.
309 18.

(1) The weekly rates of death benefit for the beneficiaries ~un~r of mentioned in the first column of Part II of the First Schedule shall d.eath benc be the rares iset out in relation to them in the second and subsequent fit.

colamns and shall not exceed the maximum indicated in column 4 thereof.

,, 2) Subject to the provisions of paragraph ( 3) of this.
regul ation the lump sun: payable under paragraph (1) of regulation 15 shall be sm.·h a sum not exceeding one hoodred times the relevant wage as may in the discretion of the Director be reasonable and proportionate to the loss sustained by the said dependant or depen dants.

(3) Where the lump sum payable under paragraph (1) of.
1egulation 15 and distributed by the Director under paragraph (~) thereof results in the mvard to :in individual beneficiary of an amount in excess of $560, tile Director shall, in lieu h reof, make from the Fund a p,;riodi.
::al payment to the :beneficiary of an annuity which, according to actuarial calculations approved by the Board, is equiv alent in that case to the said amount: Provided that until such actuarial calculations have beoo approved by the Board, the annuity shall be the ~quivalent of suoh commercial annuity, approved by the Board, as could be purchased for a pason of the age of the beneficiary for such amount as is specified in the award and fo1 the foreseeable period or expectation of life for which the annuity will be payable.
Miscellaneous provision.

relating to injury due to industrial accidents.

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19.

( l) Eve,ry insured (Perso.n who suffers personal injury hy No~cc obf 'd ene t may e paya e un' er insured per- '1 acc1 ent m respect o w ,1c m ustn these Regulations shall give notice of such accident in writing to his son.

employer as soon as pn1~ticable after the happening thereof, on a form approved by the Director : h. h .
d 'al b accident bl fi b d f Provided that any such notice required to be given by an insured person may be given by some other person acting on · his behalf and the Director may in any ca~e authorise the employer to dispense with writren notice.

(2) Every such notice shall be given to the employer, or (if there is more than one employer) to one, of such employers, or to any foreman or other official under whose supervision the insured person is emplnyed at thl.'!
time of the ~ccident or to any persoui dei:;ignated for the purpose by the employer, and shall give the aopropriate par ticulars of the accident.

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d b 20.

( 1) Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, Obli~tions di' f of claimarus every claimant or, an every · s- for.

and benc- ablement benefit shall comply with every direction given to him by ficiaries tn.

re- spect of, 10- lhe Dll'ector w 1c ,ben efit jury or disable- y a ment bene- · reqmres b , h' ene c1ary o. , In Jury .
exanunatlon 'th Im e1 er- fi.

ene t or .

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la to su IDlt medical authority ( as defined in paragraph ( 4) of fit .

this regulation) for the purpose of determining the to a m~1c 1Il1Se h' h fi .

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h' lf b b r , 310 (b) (_ c) to the the injury or treatment loss of relevant accident or relevant effect of ~be appropriate facultv; or to submit himself to such medical treatment for the the said injury or loss of faculty a~ is conside_red appropriate in his case b~ the regi:ste,red medical practitioner in charge of the case or by any medical autl10rity to whose exaITliination he has submitted himself in acwrdanc1e with the foregoing provisions of these Regulations; or industrial to attend any vocational rehabi'iitation course that ,might) be provided, and which, in the opinion of the Director, is appropriate in his case.
training or (2) EV'ery direction given to a claimant or beneficiary re qumng him to submit himself to medical examination shall be given m writing.

( 3) Every claimant or beneficiary who, in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this regulation, is required to submit him self to a medical examination or to medical or other treatment foi· the relevant injury sh all attend at such time and place as may be r~quired.
( 4) In this regulation the expression "medical authority" means a medicai board or registered medical pract<itiooer nominated by the Director from a panel of registered medical praatitionem~ approved by the Board.
( 5) Every claimant or beneficiary shall, as soon as may be practicable, notify the Director oI any change in circumstances arising after his claim has been made or benefit has been gran ted which he might reasoinably be expected to lq_low might affeot the continuance of his rigl1t to any J-einetit awarded or to be awarded to him or to the receipt thereof.
( 6) Where a beneficiary entitled to disablement benefit attends a vocational training or industrial rehabilitation course at tlhe request of 1:'he Director, then if the degree of disablement in respect of which the disabdement t:enct~t is payable is assessed at less than one hundred per ccntum, it shall, for the period for which he is re quired by the Diroctor t0 ~ttcnd for such vocationa'l training or in du&trial rehabilitation, be tn.ated as if it had been assessed at one hundred per centum.
PART II PRESCRIBED DISEASES Presc ribed d1is ra-s-e s 21.
(1) Where a person has deiveloped any of the qisea'les specified in tbe firs t column of the Third Schedule, being a disease due to the nature of his insurable employmi,,nrt on or after the declared day in any occupation 19et ollt against that disease in the second column of that Schedule, the benefills S'p\'X:ified iin tlb.ese Regulations shall be payable subject to the conditions set out in these Regulations and fo r this purpose, in these R~gulations- (a) any reference to an accident or injury sbaU include a reference to a prescribed disewe; ~11 (b) any reference to the date of an accident or i:njury shall include - (i) if the first claim in respect of rhc prescribed disease is for injury benefit, a reference to the first day on or aJiter the declared day on which the claimant is incapalble of work as the result of the prescribed disease; (ii) ii the first claim in respect of the prescribed di~ease is for disablement benefit, a reference to the first day dn or after the declared day on which the claimant is suffering from loss of physical or mental faculty as a result of the prescribed disease.
(2) In this regula1ion ''declared day" means the day de clared by the Minister pursu'ant to section 19 ( 3) of the Act.

22.

Where a peI'Son claims "°'ju:ry oonefit or di:s:abltlment Fresh deve- benefit in respect of a prescribed disease for which he has previously ~~~:;r~dof received injury benefit or ciisablement benefit, his earlier claim in disease .
respect of that rctisease shall be disregarded if he is incapable oJ work and if his incapacity is predominantly due to further exposure to risk of that disea:se in his insurable employment in any occupation set out against that disease in the second column of tlhe Third Schedule.

PART III MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS · · · 23.


(1) These Regulations shall apply with the follo'\\· ing modific- Application f to persons at1ons to persons m msura e emp oym.ent as masters, memvcrs o employed on the crew and apprentices to the sea service on a ship registered in ~aft Mid Guyana or as pilots, commanders, navigators and memb~rs of the crew of any aircraft registered in Guyajla or in any other capacity on board any such ship or aircraft:- bl 1....
I ( a) the notice of the accident and the claim for benefit, except where the person injured is the master or other person in charge of the ship or aircraft (here inafter called the "person in charge") may be given to the person in charge as if he were the employer, but, where the acci~ent happened and the incapacity oommenced on board the ship or aircraft it shatl nO'C be necessary to give any notice of the accident; (b) in a case of the death of the person in ,::harge or of a member of the crew resulting from the accident, the application for death benefit under these Regula tions shall be made within three months after news of the death has been received by the claimant; ( c) where the injured person is discharged or left behind m a foreign country, depositions respecting the cir injury may be taken cumstances and nature of the by a diplomatic or consular officer of Guyana or any 312 judge or magistrate of th at fo reign country, and such depositions or certified copies there<;>f shall be ad missible in evidence in any proceedrngs for enforc ing the claim.
c ap 3. as in the Law of Merchant Shipping Ordinance.

(2 ) lb thIB regulation the word "ship" has the same meaning . "

th-all 24.

(1) Notwithstandin <> that a p~n is entitll!d to two or more E 11tit1emen~ J to more on e ben efit.

benefits at die same time, only one benefit shall be payab e to sue 1 person.
The benefit so payable shall be fue benefit first awarded unless any other benefit is payable at a higher rate, in which case he shall be paid the benefit at such higher rait:e. But if the last men tioned benefit cea.F.es t0 be payable then nothing shall prevent the award or reinstatemie.nt of another benefit to which such perSC'n is entitled : I Provided that -- (a ) a person shall be entitled to receive two or more disablement bem::fits at the same time in so far as the sum of the weekly rates of those benefits does not exceed the weekly rate of disablement benefit to which he wo uld be entitled in respect of loss of faculty which is as~essed at one hundred per centum of the relevant wage applicable in his case or of the higher or highest relevant wage where the disable ment benefits are assessed on different relevant wages; (b ) nothi111g in this regulation shall prevent a person from receiving injury benefit or disablement benefit at the same time as.
deaith benefit under these R egl1lations or as survivo r'1s benefit under the National Insurance and Social Security (Benefit) Regulations, 1969 ; , c ~ nothing in this regulation shall preclude the payment of sid.ness benefit or maternity bl!nefit with death benefit ; ( d) any benefit under these Regulations may be paid with funeral benefit.
<2) Whiere a question arises about two or more benef.ts which are not allowed to be paid together , and one or more are grants and tlie rest periodical payments , the benefit payable shall re a reriodical payment, unless a grant has alread y been paid : Provided that - (a ) subject to paragraph (b ) o[ this proviso, on cessa tion 0f such a periodical payment which is kss ill1 totHl than the grant, the grant may be paid subject to a deduction therefrom of the total amount of the periodical payment; (b) where the period covered by the periodical payment referred to in paragraph (a ) of this proviso coincides only in part with the period covered by the grant, the deduction shall not exceed the total amount the periodical payment of period: for the coincidental (c) where a grani to whioh this paragraph refers has already been paid, the periodical payment may be made subject to a_ deduction therefrom of an amount not exce:.eding two dollaI1S weekly until either the whole amount of the grant, or the amount applicable to the coincidental period, if any, has been deducted or the periodical payment has ceased, whichever first occurs; ( d) for the purpose of this regulation, a grant which is a specified number of times the benefit received by a dec:eased insured person or a specified number of times a perce~tage of the insured person's wage shall be deemed to be current for a period of that number of weeks from the date of the event which gave rise to the claim for the grant.
25.

( 1) If it i1s found that any person has received any sum by Refund .

of way of industrial benefit to which he is not entitled he shall be iiable ~~t11 pi::tr0 to repay to tlle Fund the sum so received by him.

• (2) Where an; person is liable to repay any suru received by him by way of industrial be1t1efit, that sum may without prejudice to any other remedy, be recovered by means of deductions from any other benefit to which he thereafter becomes entitled.
( 3) Any such sum not so recovered within six years after the date on which pay,ment of such ~um was last made is,hall be treated as expenditure on, and charged to, the Fund.

26.

( l) For every cootribution week for the whole of which an credited insured person has received cinjury benefu or disabllement benefit :rn1;!,~~~"~r during approved hospitai treatment under regulatnon 11 a contribution :~iu,ry b ene- shall be credited to that person without actual payme.nrt thereof. '"
(2) A contribution credited under this regulation shall, sub ject to the prov~sions of the National Insurance and Social Security (Benefit) Regulations, 1969, be valid under those Regulations for old age henefit, invalidity benefit, survivor's benefit, sickness benefit, maternity benefit and shall be of the wage group corresponding to or most closely correspo.nding to that on the bruiis of which injury benefit or disablement benefit, as the case may be, has heen paid.

2 7.
2 7.

Except as hereinafter provided, a person shall be dis- sp~cial pro- qualified for receiying 2ny industdal benefit for any period during i~~10 1~ which that person is absent from Guyana save t!hat - 5 P~~~-~ absent abroad.
(a) during such period as the Board may allow having regard to the particular circumstances of the case, a person shall not be disqualified from receiving injury benefit or disablement benefit by reason of being the temporarily absent from Guyana for specific purpose of being treated for incapacity which 14 commenced before he left Guyana or which com menced outside Guy8lll.a ais a result of an injury for which benefit would otheIWise be payable under these Regulations ; (b) a person shall not be disqualified for receiving death benefit by reason of being absent from Guy,ana.
Paym ent of benefit fo r which person is e ligible uai der t ion 27 .

r egula 28.

Benefit for which a person is eligible by virtue of regu1- ation 27 shall b e paid m Guyana to such representative acting for and on behalf of the perrnn conceme<l as may be approved by th~ Board, and the receipt of the persc,n so approwd shall be a good discharge to the Board and the Fund for any sum so paid.

Op~oin: rro visions re1ar:: in g to persons undergoin g ; mp;-isomn en t or detention legal cus in wd y.

29 .
A person shaJI be disq~alified for receiving any henefit for any period during which that person is undergoing imprisonment or detention in legal custody: immediately prior to sucl1 Provided that where the Board is satisfied that the person under going such imprisonment or detention in legal custody h as depoodants imprisonment or detention were who wholly or partially maintained by him, it may authorise payment to or in respect of the dependants of an amoWllt not ,exceeding tihree quarters of the benefit which would otherwise be payable during such a period as the Boa·rd may allow having regard to the particular circumstances of the case.
to Employer complete form for acci de nt or dis easr.

30.
30.

The employer of a person who has met with an indus- trial accident or developed a prescribed disease shall complete the appropriate form, approved by the BoMd, giving to the Director such information as is necessary fo r the ad:mimstration of mdUJstrial benefit under thiese Regulations; and shall oause tihe form, after its comple tion , to be delivered to the injured person or dependant, as the case may be, to be submitted to the Director with hiSJ c!laim to benefit.
FIRST SCHEDULE (Regulations 7(2), 10(1), 10(2) and 18(1) ) RATES AND AM Ol.iNTS OF INDUITTRIAJL BBNE'FLTS Wage group PART I - INJURY BENEFIT WEEKLY RATE OR AMOUNT Actu al weekly wage 2 Corresponding rounded monthly earnings 3 I II Jli1 IV V llndcr $20.00 $20 to $29.99 530 to $39.99 $40 to $4'J.99 $50 and upwards Under $87 $ 87 to $129.99 $130 to $1172.99 $17} to $216:99 $2i7 and upwards Relevant wage 4 $15 $25 $35 $45 $55 Weekly rnte of injury benefit 5 SIS * $21" $24 527 $33 *In groups I and II injury benefit shall be limited to not mm:e than 100 per centum of the 2verage wage.
:315 PART II - DEATH BENEFIT WEEKLY RATE OR AMOUNT Kind of benefit 1 (i) widow's benefit (ii) widower's benefit ( iii) orphan's benefi t (iv~ parents' allowance Basic rate 2 Thirty per .

:entum of the rdevan~ wage.

111.irty per centum of the relevant wage.

Seven dollars Thirty per centum of the relevant wage.

Increase for each dependant 3 Maximum benefit payable 4 Ten per centum of the relevant wage.

Ten per centum of the relevant wage.

Sixty per centum of the relevant wage.


Sixty per centum of the relevant wage.

Ten per centum of the relevant wage.

Si.i:ty per centum of the relevant wag'!.

PART Ill - AMOUNTS OF DISABLEMENT GRANTS Degree of disablement per centum 1'1 12 13 1~ Amount $ 80 120 1150 200 240 280 320 360 400 ~40 480 S20 S-60 SECOND SCHEDULE (Regulation 9(S) PRESCRIRBD [)E(iRE'ES OF DISABLEMENT Serial No, Description of injury Degree of disablement per centum 1.

2.

3.

4.

'S.

6.

7.

8.

9.

1.0.

11.


12. limbs Loss of two Loss of both hands or of all fi nger.

; and thumbs Total loss of sight Total paralysis Injuries resulting in being bed-ridden permanently Loss of remaining eye by one- eyed person Loss of remaining arm by cme-am1ed person Loss of remaining leg by one-le£ged person Loss of a hand and a foot Any other injury can~in~ permanent totzl incapacity ..
Very severe facial disfigurement Absolute dea~ 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 316 Serial No.

Df,5eription cf injury Degree of disablement per centum AMPUTATION CASES - UPPER LIMB (EITHER ARM) 13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

19.

20.

2 1.

22.

23.

24 .

25.

26.

27.

28.

29.

30.

31.

32 .

33.

34.

35.

36.

37.

38.

39.

40.

41.

42.

43 .

44.

45.

46.

47 .

Amputation illnougl:'.

shoulder joint Amputation of arm between elbow and shoulder Loss of arm at elbow .

.
.

Loss of arm betwe.

:n wrist and elbow Loss of hand at wrist Loss of four fingers and thumb of one band !Loss of four fingers Loss of thumb-both phalanges Loss of thumb-one phalanx Loss of index fnger-three l'halange\ ,Loss of indt·x f,nger-two phalanges Loss of index finger-one phalanx .

.

Loss of middle finger-three phalanges Loss ot midd1e hnge Nwo pllah:nges Loss ot middle fnger-one phalanx Loss of ring finger-three phalanges Loss of ring finger-two phalanges .

.
.

Loss oi ring l,(lger-one phalanx .. Loss of little finger-three phalanges Loss of Jillie finger-twc.

phalanges Loss of little fi nger-one phalanx .

.

Loss of metzcarpals-first or second (additional) Loss of metacarpals-third, fourth or tifth (additional) GuilJotine amputation oi I Index, middle, .

.
.

tip of finger without loss of bone ring or little finger Amputation Cases - Lower Limbs through .both feet proximal Double amputation through thigh, or through thigh on one side and loss of o,ber foot, or double amputation below knee Double amputation tbrough leg lower than 5 inches belov.
knee Amputztion of one leg lowe1 than 5 inches below knee and loss of other foot Amputation of t•oth feet resulting in end-bearing stumps Amputation metatarsophalangeal joint Loss of all toes of both feet through t!he joint metatarsophalangezl Loss of all toes of t>oth feet proximal to tile proximal interphalangeal Loss of all toes of both feet distal to the proximal interphalangeal joint Amputation lt.brough hip-joint Amputation below hip with stump not exceeding 5 inches in length measured from tip of great trochanter Amputation below hip with stump exceeding 5 inches in length measured from tip of great tro chant.er, but not beyond middle thigh joint the to 80 70 70 65 60 60 40 30 20 14 11 9 12 ~ 7 7 6 j 7 6 5 5 4 2 100 WO 100 90 110 40 30 20 YO 80 70 317 Description of injury Degree of disi:blement per centum inches below Amputation below middle thigh to 3\1.2 knee Amputation below knee with stump exceeding 3\1.2 i"nches but not exceeding 5 inches Amputation below knee with stump exceeding 5 inches Amputation of one foot resulting in end-bearing stump Ampu'tati"on through one foot proxim al to the metatarsophalangeal joint Loss of di toes of one foot proxim al to the inter phalaogeal joint, including amputation through the metatarsophalangeal joint Loss of great toe, both phal anges Loss of great toe, one phali:nx Loss of great toe, part wi"th some loss of bone Loss of toes other than great toe, each .. Loss of toe other than great toe-part with some loss of bone Two toes of one foot, excluding great toe
 through metatarsophalangei:l joint .Part with some loss of bone Three toes of one foot excluding great toe through metatarsophalangeal joint Part with some loss of bone Four toes of one foot excluding great toe through metatarsophalangeal joint Parlt with some loss of bone .
.

Other Specific Injuries !Loss of one eye, without comp!i"cations, the other being normal Loss of vision of one eye, without complications of disfigurement of the eye-ball, the other being normal Los:s of bearing, one ear Post-traumatic ankylosis of limbs and joints ranging between partid and complete: 60 50 40 40 40 20 10 5 3 3 1 5 2 6 3 9 3 40 30 20 Serial No.

48 .

49.

50.

51.

52.

53 .

54.

55.

56.

57.

58.

59 .

60.

61.

62.

63.

64 .

65.

66.

67.

68 .


Ankylosis of: (i) Spine (ii) Shoulder (iii) Elbow (iv) Wrist (v) Superior and inferior radi"o-ulnar (vi) Thumb (first metacarpophalanged) Finger joints: Joints of all fingers excluding thumb (vii) One joint of any finger excluding thumb (viii) All three join$ of one finger excluding thumb joints (ix) ~) Finger joints of all fingers including thumb (xi) Hip joints (xii) Knee .
(xiii) Ankle I•• Partial 20 30 30 30 30 30 20 10 10 Complete 40 40 30 30 30 30 3 10 30 40 40 19 19 318 Serial No.

Description cf injury Degree of disablement per centum Complete Partial (xiv) (xv) (xvi) Subtailar (sub-astragaloid group of joints) Big toe (first rnetatarsophalangeal) Toe joints JO 10 5 69.
~Ost-traumatic Paralysis of Limbs or Ports of the Body (i) Paralysis (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii) (viii) Total paralysis due to spinal cord injury of: Brachia] plexus Radial nerve Median nerve Ulnar nerve Sciatic nerve Medial popliteal Lateral popliteal 50 30 20 20 50 20 20 19 i9 10 1'00 ~o 50 40 40 70 40 3'0 l. In the case ot a right-banded i:;e1son, an injury to the right arm or hand, and in the case of a left-handed person, to the left arm e r hand , shall be rated ten per centum higher than the above percentage .
2.

In the case of a post-,traumatic shortening in a lower limb, ar,y disahility of that limb shall be rnte.d at ten per centum tbigher than the percentage of th:it disability.

3.
3.

The degree of disablement of cases not specified tbis Sched•1le shall be assessed on the basis of ,the general principles referred to in paragfraph (3 ) of regulation 9 of these Regulations, taking int0 account prescribed cases of equal or similar effe ct. in THIRD SCHEDULE (Regulation 21) l'RESCRIITED DISEASES Description of disease or injury Nature of occupation 1.
Poisoning by : - (i) lead or a compound of lead ; (ii) manganese or manganese; :i compound of Any occupation involving:- the use or handling of, or exposure to the fumes, dust or vapour of, lead or a com pound of lead, or a substance containing lead ; the use or handli ng of, or exposure to the fumes, dust or vapour of, manganese or a compound of manganese, or a suo5!ance con taining manganese ; (iii) phosphorus or phosphine or poison to the anticholinesterasc ing due phosphorus of aotion compound; organic the use or handling of, or exposure to the fumes.
dust or vapour of.

phosphorus, er a compound of phosphoru~.

or a sub3tance coniaining phosphorus; tiv) arsenic or a compound of arse nic ; (v) mercury or a compound of mer cury; th e use or handling of, or exposure to the fu mes, dust or vapou r of, arsenic or a cc,mpound of arsenic, or a <;ubstancl!
..:ontain ing arsenic; the use or handling of, or exposure to the fumes, '1ust or vapour of mercury, or a compound of mercury, or a substance con taining mercury; 319 Description of disease or injury Nature of occup:ltion (vi) carbon bisulphid;;; ( vii) benzene or a homologue; (viii) a nitro- or amino- or chloro derivative of benzene or of a homologue of benzene, or poisoning by nitrochlorbenzene; (ix) dinitrophenol or_ a homologue or by substituted dinitrophenols or by the salts of such substances; (x) tetrachlorethane; (xi) tri-cresyf phosphate; (xii) tri-phenyl phosphat~; (xiii) diethylene dioxide '.dioxan) ; lxiv) methyl bromide ; (;-v) cblorinat.ed naphthalene; (xvi) nickel carbonyl ; (xvii) nitrous fumes ; (xviii) gonioma kamassi wood) ; < Afric<1n Rox- (xix) beryllium or beryllium; a compound of the use or handling of, or exposure to the fumes or vapour of, carbon bisulphide or a compound of carbon blsulphille, or a sub stance containing carbon bisulphide; the use or handling of, or exposure to the fumes ot, or vapour containing benzene or any 0£ its homologues; the use or handling of, or exposure to the fumes of, or vapour containing a nitro or amino- or chloro-derivative of benzene nr of a homologue of benzene or nitrochlor benzene; the use or handling of, or exposure to the fumes of, or vapour containing dinitro phenol or a homologue or ~ubstituted dinitro phenols or the salts of such substances; the use or handling of, or exposure to the fumes of, or vapour containing, tetra chlore-t.hane; the use or
 handling of, or exposure to the fumes of, or vapour containing tri-cresyl phosphate; the use m, handling of, or eix.pooure fumes of, or vapour C<'nti:ining, the phenyl phosphate; tp tri the use or handling of, or expo~ure to tbe fumes of, or vapour containing, diethylene dioxide { dioxan); Ihe use or handling of, or e;,;posure to the fumes of, or vapour containing methyl bromide; the use or handling oi, or exposure to the !wnes of, or dust or vapour containing, chlormi:ted naphthalene; exposure to nickel carbonyl gas; the use or handling of nitric acid or exposure to nitrous fumes ; the manipulation of gonioma kamassi or any process in or incidental to the manufac ture of articles therefrom; the use or handling.
of, or exposure to the fumes, dust or vapour of, beryllium or a compound of beryllium, or a substance con taining beryllium ; (xx) cadmium exposure ,to cadmium fumes.

Description of disease or injury Nature of occupation 320 Anthrax.

3.

GI.anders.

Any occupation involving :- the handling of wool, h afr, bristles, hides or skins or other animal products or residues, o r con tact with animals infected with anthrax; contact with ca r,;asses; equine animals or their 4 .
(a) Infection by Lepto~pira icterohae- morrhagiae.

work in places which are, or are liable to be, infested by rats; (b) Infection by Leptospir:.i ca11icola .

work ait dog kennels or handling of dogs ; the care or 5.

Ankylostomiasis.

work ir.

or about a mine; 6 .

(a) Dystrophy of the cornea (inclucl ing ulcera.tion of the corneal sur face) of the eye ; (l,) Localised new growth of the skin, papillomatous or keratotic; (c) Squamous-celled carcinoma of th:!
skin, due in any case to arsenic, tar, pitch, bitumen.

mineral oil (including paraffin) , soot, or any (including product compound, quinonc o r hydroquinonc ), or residue of any of these substances .

7.

Inflammation, ulceraticm 0 r malignant disease of the skin or subcutaneous tis sues or of the bones or blood dvsc.rasia, or cataract, due to electro-magnetic radiations (other than radiant heat ), or to ionising particles.

8.

Heat cataract.

9.

Decompression sickness.

JO.


Cramp of the hand or fore arm clue tc1 repetitive movements .

11 .

Subcutaneous cellulitis of ( Beat hand) .

the hand 12 .

Bur~itis or subcutaneous celluli tis aris ing at or about the knee due to severe or prolonged external fri ction or pres sure at or about the knee / Beat knee).

13 .

Bursitis or subcutaneous cellulitis aris ing at or about the elbow due to severe or prolonged external frktion or prc~ sure at or about the elbow (Beat elbow) .
the use or handling of, or exposure to tar, pitch, bi tumen, mineral oil arsenic, ( including paraffin) , soor or any ,om pound, product (including quinone •)r hydroquinone), o r resid ue of any of these subst ances; e:•.posure radiations other than radiant heat, or to ionising parti cles; to electro-magneti~ frequen t or prolonged exposure to rays from molten or red-hot material; subjection ~o compression or rarefieid air; prolonged periods of handwriting, ty;,ing or other repetitive movements of the fingers, hand or arm ; manual labour causing severe or pro· longed friction or pressure on the hand; manual labour causing severe or pro longed external fri ction or pressure at or about the knee : manual longed external abont the elbow; labour causing severe or pro fri ction or pressure at or 321 Description of disease or in)ury Nature of occupation 14.
Traumatic inflammation of the tendons of the hand or forelifm, or of the associated tendon sheaths.

Any occupation involving : - manu al labour, or frequent or repeated movements of the hand or wrist; 15 .

Miner's nystagmus.

work in or about a mine; 16.

(a) Carcinoma of the mucous mem the nose or associated brane of air sinuses.

(b) Primary carcinoma of a broncnus or of a lung.


work in a factory where nickel is pro du ced by decomposition of a gaseous nickel compound which necessitates working in or about a building or buildings where that pro cess or any other industrial process ancillary or incidental thereto is carried on; 17.

Tuberculosis.
close and frequent contact with a source or so urces of tuberculosis infection by rel.son ) of employment- (a) (b) (c) (d) in the medkal treatment of nursing of a person or persons suffering from tuberculosis, or in a servi,;e ancillary to such treatment or nurs ing; suffering in attendance upon a person or per sons tuberculosis, where the need for such attendance arises by reason of physical or men ta l infirmity; from: as a research culosis; research worker engaged in tuber in connection with post-mortem as a li..boratory worker, pathologist or person taking part in or assisting at examinations of human remains where the occupa tion involves working with material tuberculous whi'ch infection; is a source of 18.
Primary neoplasm of the epithelial lin ing of the urinary bladder (papilloma of the bladder), of the epithelial lining of the renal pelvis or of the epithelial lining of the ureter.
(a) work in a building in which any of the following substances is produced for commercial purposes:- (i) alpha-naphthylamine or betana phthylamine; (ii) diphenyl substituted by at least one nitro or primary amino group or by at le&st one nitro and primary ami'no group; (iii) any of the substances mentioned in sub-paragraph (ii) above if further ring substituted by halo gene, meth yl or methoxy groups, but not by other groups; (iv) the salts of any of the sub stances mentioned in sub-para graphs (i) to (iii) above; 322 Description of disease or injury N a,ure of occup2;tion 18.
Primary neoplasm ..

(Cont'd.)

l 9.

Inflammation or ulceration of the m~cuous membrane of the upper re spiratory passages or mouth produced by dust, liquid or vapour.

· Any occupation involving : (v) auramine or magenta; ( b) the use or handling of any of the in sub-parf.

substances mentioned graphs (i) to (iv) of paragraph .
al , or work in a process in which any such substance is used or handled or is liberated; ( c) the maintenance .or cleaning of any plant or m~chinery used in any such process as mentioned in paragraph (b) , or the cleaning of clothing used in any such building as is mentioned in paragn:ph (a) if such dothing is cleaned within the works of which the building forms a part or in a laundry maintained and used solely in con nection with such works ; exposure to dust, liquid or vapour; 20.
Non-i nfective dermatitis of external origin (including chrome ulceration of the sk in but excludi ng dermati tis due to particles or electro magnetic radiations other th an radi ant l1eat).

ionising e.ll.posure to dust, liquid, or vapour or any other external &gent capable of irritating the skin (including friction or heat bu.t excluding ionising particles or electro-magnetic radiation other than radiant beat); 21 .
f'.ulmo nary disease due to the inhala tion of the dust of mouldy hay or of other m~uldy vegetable produce, and c:b:actensed by symptom~ and signs altr!butable the pcnph.eral Pa:nt of the broncho -pul monary_ system, and gi :•ing rise to a defect in gas exchan->B ,,,.

· (farmer's lung).

react ion to a in 22.

Prim ary m alignant neoplasm of the mesothelium (diffuse mesothelioma) of the ple.ura or of the peritoneum.
expos ure to the dust of mouldy hay or other mouldy vegetable produce by reason of employment - (a) in agriculture, horticulture or forestry ; or ( b) loading or unloading or handling in storage such bay or other ,egetable produce ; or ( e) handling bagasse ; (a) the working or handling of asbestos or any admixture of asbestos ; 1, b) the man ufact ure or repair of ashestos textiles or other articles containing or composed of asbestos; ( c) the cleaning of any machinery or plant used in a(ly of the foregoing operations and of any chambers, fix t ures and appliances for , he collection of asbestos dust; ( d) substantial exposure to the dust aris foregoing any of the ing from operations.
Made this 15th clay of December, 1969.

W. CARRINGTON, Ministry of Labour and Social Security.