22Proclaimed diseases deemed to be due to employment

22 Proclaimed diseases deemed to be due to employment (1) Without limiting or affecting the generality of section twelve of this Act, if a worker within five years prior to the date of the disablement was employed in any process or occupation specified in the said proclamation (as in force at the date of the disablement) and the disease contracted is a disease specified in the said proclamation (as in force at the said date) in relation to the said process or occupation, then the disease shall be deemed to have been due to the nature of that employment unless the employer proves the contrary. S. 22(2) amended by Nos 10191 s. 270(14)(a), 67/1992 s. 64(11)(a). (2) For the purposes of the last preceding subsection a disease contracted by a worker shall be deemed to be a disease specified in the proclamation in relation to a process or occupation if the County Court or Administrative Appeals Tribunal is satisfied that the disease so contracted is substantially the same disease as the disease so specified, notwithstanding that the words used in describing the disease in the certificate of disablement are not identical with those used in the proclamation. No. 5601 s. 23. S. 23 amended by Nos 7455 s. 9(a), 23/1994 s. 118(Sch. 1 item 59.7).