“compensatable disease”
means -
| (b) | the joint condition of pneumoconiosis and tuberculosis; |
| (c) | tuberculosis which, in the opinion of the certification committee, was contracted while the person concerned was performing risk work, or with which the person concerned was in the opinion of the certification committee already affected at any time within the twelve months immediately following the date on which that person performed such work for the last time; |
| (d) | permanent obstruction of the airways which, in the opinion of the certification committee, is attributable to the performance of risk work; |
[Paragraph (d) substituted by section 1 of the Occupational Diseases in Mines and Works Amendment Act, No. 30 of 1978]
| (e) | any other permanent disease of the cardio-respiratory organs which in the opinion of the certification committee is attributable to the performance of risk work; or |
| (eA) | progressive systemic sclerosis which, in the opinion of the certification committee, is attributable to the performance of risk work; or |
[Paragraph (eA) inserted by section 1 of the Occupational Diseases in Mines and Works Amendment Act, No. 27 of 1974]
| (f) | any other disease which the Minister, acting on the advice of a committee consisting of the director and not fewer than three other medical practitioners designated by the Minister, has, subject to the provisions of subsection (2), by notice in the Gazette declared to be a compensatable disease and which, in the opinion of the certification committee, is attributable to the performance of risk work at a mine or works; |
[Paragraph (f) substituted by section 2 of the Occupational Diseases in Mines and Works Amendment Act, No. 45 of 1975]