Hong Kong Ordinances

EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ORDINANCE - SECT 30B

Application to an employee injured outside Hong Kong

(1) In this section-

"foreign compensation" (外地補償) means compensation paid to an employee
in respect of an injury under the law of a place outside Hong Kong where the
injury occurred;

"person carrying on business" (經營業務的人) has the same meaning as in
the Business Registration Ordinance ( Cap 310).

(2) This Ordinance also applies where personal injury by accident arising out
of and in the course of employment is caused to an employee outside Hong Kong
where the employee's contract of employment is entered into in Hong Kong with
an employer who is a person carrying on business in Hong Kong.

(3) Compensation payable under this Ordinance to an employee referred to in
subsections (2) and (5) shall be reduced by the amount of any
foreign compensation paid to him in respect of the same injury. (Amended 63 of
1992 s. 12)

(4) Where foreign compensation is paid to an employee after compensation in
respect of the same injury is paid under this Ordinance, the amount paid under
this Ordinance, not exceeding the amount of the foreign compensation paid,
shall be repaid to the employer by the employee and the amount is recoverable
as a civil debt.

(5) If an employer who is a person carrying on business outside Hong Kong
submits or has agreed to submit to the jurisdiction of the Court, then,
notwithstanding that the accident causing the personal injury occurred outside
Hong Kong, this Ordinance shall apply to employees within the meaning of this
Ordinance who have been recruited or engaged in Hong Kong. (Added 63 of 1992
s. 12) (Added 59 of 1988 s. 10)

"foreign compensation" (外地補償)

"person carrying on business" (經營業務的人)