SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 14th March 2005. Amendment of the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Regulations 2 1 The Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1986 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4) of this regulation. 2 In regulation 2(c) (prescription of diseases and injuries and occupations for which they are prescribed) the words after “to these regulations” shall be omitted. 3 In regulation 23(2) (time for claiming benefit in respect of occupational deafness) the words after “prescribed in relation to occupational deafness” shall be omitted. 4 In Part I of Schedule 1 (list of prescribed diseases and the occupations for which they are prescribed) – a after the entry relating to prescribed disease A12 there shall be added – A13. Osteoarthritis of the hip. Work in agriculture as a farmer or farm worker for a period of, or periods which amount in aggregate to, 10 years or more. ; b for the entry relating to prescribed disease B1 there shall be substituted – B1. Anthrax. a Contact with anthrax spores, including contact with animals infected by anthrax; or b handling, loading, unloading or transport of animals of a type susceptible to infection with anthrax or of the products or residues of such animals. ; c for the entry relating to prescribed disease B4 there shall be substituted – B4. Ankylostomiasis. Contact with a source of ankylostomiasis. ; d for the entry relating to prescribed disease B8 there shall be substituted – B8A. Infection by hepatitis A virus. Contact with raw sewage. B8B. Infection by hepatitis B or C virus. Contact with – human blood or human blood products; or any other source of hepatitis B or C virus. ; e after the entry relating to prescribed disease B13 there shall be added – B14. Lyme disease. Exposure to deer or other mammals of a type liable to harbour ticks harbouring Borrelia bacteria. B15. Anaphylaxis. Employment as a healthcare worker having contact with products made with natural rubber latex. ; f in the first column of the entry relating to prescribed disease D4 (allergic rhinitis), after sub-paragraph (w) there shall be added – x products made with natural rubber latex. ; and g in the first column of the entry relating to prescribed disease D7 (asthma), after sub-paragraph (w) there shall be inserted – wa products made with natural rubber latex; . Transitional provision 3 Regulation 2(4) shall not apply to a period of assessment which relates to a claim which is made before the date on which these Regulations come into operation. Revocations 4 Article 9(10) of the Social Security (1998 Order) (Commencement No. 7 and Savings, Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999 and regulation 2(3)(b) of the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 are hereby revoked. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 15th February 2005. John O'Neill A senior officer of the Department for Social Development