Workmen's Compensation (Silicosis) Act 1924
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1924 c. 40 |
| Year | 1924 |
Workmen's Compensation (Silicosis) Act, 1924
(14 & 15 Geo. 5.) CHAPTER 40.
An Act to amend the Workmen's Compensation (Silicosis) Act, 1918.
[7th August 1924]
Be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
1 Amendment of 8 & 9 Geo. 5. c. 14. s. 1.
1. Section one of the Workmen's Compensation (Silicosis) Act, 1918, shall have effect subject to the following amendments:—
(1) The proviso to subsection (1) (which restricts the cases in which compensation may be paid where the silicosis is accompanied by tuberculosis) shall be omitted:
(2) In subsection (2) (which relates to the scale of compensation) for the words ‘disablement due to silicosis unaccompanied by tuberculosis’ there shall be substituted the words ‘disablement due to silicosis or silicosis accompanied by tuberculosis’:
(3) In paragraph (d (which relates to the appointment, remuneration, duties and powers of medical officers and advisory medical bodies) after the words ‘medical officers’ there shall be inserted the words ‘medical boards’:
(4) In paragraph (e ) of subsection (3) for the words ‘and for the suspension from employment of workmen who are found to be suffering from silicosis or from silicosis accompanied by tuberculosis’ there shall be substituted the words ‘and for the suspension from employment of workmen who are found at any time to be suffering from silicosis or tuberculosis, or silicosis accompanied by tuberculosis, or who, when first medically examined in pursuance of the scheme, are found unsuitable for work in the industry or process by reason of their failure to satisfy such requirements with respect to physique as may be prescribed by the scheme’:
(5) In paragraph (f ) of subsection (3) (which relates to the supplemental matters which may be included in a scheme) after the words ‘supplemental matters’ there shall be inserted the words ‘including provisions as to the determination of disputes arising between employers and the authority administering the fund.’
2 Short title.
2. This Act may be cited as theWorkmen's Compensation (Silicosis) Act, 1924, and the Workmen's Compensation (Silicosis) Act, 1918, and this Act may be cited together...
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