Application to prescribed diseases and injuries of provisions as to benefits and claims

(1) Subject to sub-section (2), the benefit payable under this section and under section 17 in respect of prescribed disease or injury, and conditions for receipt of such benefit, shall be the same as in the case of personal injury by accident arising out of and in the course of a person’s employment. (2) Regulations may be made to include provision for– (a) presuming any prescribed disease or injury– (i) to be due, unless the contrary is proved, to the nature of the employment of any person where he was employed in any prescribed occupation at the time when, or within a prescribed length of time (whether continuous or not) before, he developed the disease or injury; or (ii) not to be due to the nature of the employment of any person unless he was employed in some prescribed occupation at the time when, or within a prescribed length of time (whether continuous or not) before he developed the disease or injury; or (b) such matters as appear to the Minister to be incidental to or consequential on provisions included in the regulations by virtue of the foregoing provisions of this section. 29