(1)  If it is proved or admitted in an action for damages in respect of a dust-related disease ( the first disease ) of a person that the person may, at some definite or indefinite time in the future, develop another dust-related disease wholly or partly as a result of the act or omission giving rise to the cause of action, the court may –

(a) award, in the first instance, damages ( provisional damages ) for the first disease, assessed on the assumption that the person will not develop another dust-related disease; and

(b) award damages at a future date if the person does develop another dust-related disease.

(2)  In this section –

dust-related disease means –

(a) any of the following diseases:

(i) aluminosis;

(ii) asbestosis;

(iii) asbestos-induced carcinoma;

(iv) asbestos-related pleural diseases;

(v) bagassosis;

(vi) berylliosis;

(vii) byssinosis;

(viii) coal dust pneumoconiosis;

(ix) farmers' lung;

(x) hard metal pneumoconiosis;

(xi) mesothelioma;

(xii) silicosis;

(xiii) silico-tuberculosis;

(xiv) talcosis; or

(b) any other pathological condition of the lung, pleura or peritoneum that is attributable to dust.