Hong Kong Ordinances

EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ORDINANCE - SECT 16E

Employees' Compensation (Special Assessment) Boards

(1) The Commissioner shall for the purposes of this section appoint one or
more boards to be known as Employees' Compensation (Special Assessment)
Boards.

(2) Subject to subsection (4), a Special Assessment Board shall consist of-

   (a)  one of the following, that is to say-

        (i)    the Occupational Health Consultant; or

        (ii)   a Senior Occupational Health Officer; or

        (iii)  an Occupational Health Officer;

   (b)  a Senior Labour Officer; and

   (c)  a Labour Officer who is a member of an Ordinary Assessment  Board
        appointed under section 16D(2).

(3) A member of a Special Assessment Board referred to in subsection (2) shall
hold office on such terms and for such period as the Commissioner may
determine.

(4) The Commissioner may appoint as additional members of a Special 
Assessment Board not more than 2 persons who are, in his opinion, qualified to
give expert advice on any matter relating to a claim for compensation referred
to the Special Assessment Board, and may at any time revoke any such
appointment.

(5) A member appointed under subsection (4) may at any time resign by giving
notice in writing to the Commissioner.

(6) The Commissioner shall appoint a member of a Special Assessment  Board to
be the chairman of the Special Assessment Board.

(7) At all meetings of a Special Assessment Board 3 members shall form a
quorum.

(8) In respect of a claim referred to it by an Ordinary Assessment  Board
under section 16D(6), a Special Assessment Board shall, subject to subsection
(9), assess the percentage of the loss of earning capacity permanently caused
by the injury in accordance with this Ordinance.

(9) Where it appears to a Special Assessment Board that a claim referred to it
by an Ordinary Assessment Board under section 16D(6) is a claim to which
section 9(1A) applies, the Special Assessment Board shall assess the
percentage of the loss of earning capacity permanently caused by the injury
for the purposes of section 9(1A).

(10) A decision of a Special Assessment Board shall be that of the majority of
the members in attendance or, if there is no majority, shall be that of the
chairman thereof.

(11) Subject to this section, the procedure of a Special Assessment  Board
shall be such as the Commissioner may determine. (Added 76 of 1982 s. 14)