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PNEUMOCONIOSIS AND MESOTHELIOMA (COMPENSATION) ORDINANCE

- CHAPTER 360

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   1.      Short title
   2.      Interpretation
   2A.     (Repealed 12 of 2006 s. 84)
   2B.     (Repealed 12 of 2006 s. 84)
   2C.     (Repealed 12 of 2006 s. 84)
   3.      Application to the Crown
   3A.     (Repealed 12 of 2006 s. 84)
   4.      Entitlement to compensation
   5.      Compensation for death resulting from pneumoconiosis or mesothelioma
           (or both)*
   5A.     Compensation for bereavement
   5B.     Funeral expenses
   6.      Compensation for incapacity subsequent to date of diagnosis
   7.      (Repealed 54 of 1993 s. 6)
   8.      (Repealed 54 of 1993 s. 6)
   9.      (Repealed 54 of 1993 s. 6)
   10.     Compensation for incapacity prior to date of diagnosis
   11.     Compensation for constant attention
   12.     Payment of medical expenses
   12A.    Payment of expenses for medical appliances
   12AA.   Cost of medicines
   12B.    Claims for medical expenses and expenses for medical appliances
   13.     Common law damages
   13A.    Payments in addition to compensation
   13B.    Certain sections do not confer additional compensation to persons
           with both diseases
   14.     Claims for compensation
   15.     Commissioner to determine certain matters and issue certificate
   15A.    Interim payments of compensation to family members
   15B.    Board to determine amount of compensation
   15C.    Payment of compensation
   16.     Persons entitled to payment of compensation
   17.     Distribution and payment of compensation
   18.     Limitation of time for claiming compensation
   19.     Board to pay compensation to Government in certain circumstances
   19A.    Verification by Board of persons receiving compensation
   19B.    Excess payments of compensation
   19C.    Claims for compensation etc. under this Ordinance
   19D.    Reviews
   20.     Appeals
   21.     Power of Commissioner etc. to submit questions of law
   22.     Appointment of Pneumoconiosis Medical Board
   23.     Medical examination
   23A.    Further medical examination
   24.     Determination of incapacity or cause of death
   25.     Establishment of Pneumoconiosis Compensation Fund Board
   26.     Functions and powers of the Board
   27.     Establishment of Pneumoconiosis Compensation Fund
   28.     Payments by the Board from the Fund
   29.     Estimates and financial year
   30.     Bank account
   31.     Investment of funds
   32.     Accounts
   32A.    Power to write off
   33.     Auditors
   34.     Statements and reports to be laid on table of Legislative Council
   35.     Imposition of levy
   36.     Power to amend Schedule 5
   37.     Payment of levy and surcharge
   38.     Recovery of levy
   39.     Evasion of payment of levy
   39A.    Application to certain construction operations
   39B.    Power of Chief Executive in Council to exclude certain construction
           operations from application of this Ordinance
   39C.    Value of construction operations
   39D.    Total value of construction operations
   39E.    Value of quarry products
   40.     Variation of compensation limits and daily rates for medical expenses
   40A.    Subrogation
   40B.    Administration of ex gratia payments
   40C.    Certificate to be evidence
   40D.    Survival of entitlement to compensation and payment under the
           Ordinance
   40E.    Payment of medical expenses etc. to other persons
   41.     Compensation not to be assigned, charged or attached
   42.     Supply of particulars
   43.     Evidence by certificate etc.
   44.     Authentication and production in evidence of documents
   45.     False statements
   46.     Jurisdiction of Court
   47.     Regulations
   47A.    Financial Secretary may charge fees
   48.     Application to deaths prior to commencement of the Pneumoconiosis
           (Compensation) (Amendment) Ordinance 1986
   49.     Application to claims prior to the 1993 amending Ordinance
   50.     Transitional provisions in relation to certain construction operations
   51.     Transitionals for Certification for Employee Benefits (Chinese
           Medicine) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Ordinance 2006
           SCHEDULE 1
           SCHEDULE 2
           SCHEDULE 3
           SCHEDULE 4
           SCHEDULE 5

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