Insertion of regulation 12A into the principal regulations3

After regulation 12 of the principal regulations (diseases contracted outside Northern Ireland) there shall be inserted the following regulation—

Modification of paragraph 11(1) of Schedule 7 to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 199212A

The provisions of paragraph 11 (1) Schedule 7 to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 shall be modified by adding after “(the day on which Article 5 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1990 came into operation)” the following

and a person shall not be entitled to reduced earnings allowance—

aa

in relation to a disease prescribed on or after 10th October 1994 under section 108(2) above; or

bb

in relation to a disease prescribed before 10th October 1994 whose prescription is extended on or after that date under section 108(2) above but only in so far as the prescription has been so extended.