[SCHEDULE Definition of “Relevant Employer”]
Pneumoconiosis etc (Workers' Compensation) Act 1979 (1979 c 41) | Legislation

[SCHEDULE Definition of “Relevant Employer”]

[Section 2(3)]

[Basic definition

1

Subject to the following provisions, “relevant employer”, in relation to a person disabled by a disease to which this Act applies, means any person—

(a)     by whom the disabled person was employed in a prescribed occupation at any time during the period during which he was developing the disease, and

(b)     against whom he might have or might have had a claim for damages in respect of the disablement.

Disregarded employers

2

A person is not a relevant employer in relation to a person disabled by a disease to which this Act applies if the disabled person has had no period of employment with him which is a qualifying period of employment.

3

A person is not a relevant employer in relation

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