Hong Kong Ordinances

PNEUMOCONIOSIS AND MESOTHELIOMA (COMPENSATION) ORDINANCE - SECT 15B

Board to determine amount of compensation

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) Where a certificate is issued by-

   (a)  the Commissioner under section 15(1) in respect of a claim under
        section 14(1); or

   (b)  the Pneumoconiosis Medical Board under section 24(4) in respect of a
        medical examination under section 23A, the Board shall determine the
        amounts of compensation, if any, payable to the person or members of
        the family and shall issue to the claimant, and

(in the case of the death of a person) to any member of the family named in
the Commissioner's certificate, a certificate showing the calculation of those
amounts.

(2) A certificate referred to in subsection (1) shall be issued by the Board-

   (a)  within 14 days after the expiry of the time limited for the making of
        an application for review of the decision of the Commissioner or the
        Pneumoconiosis Medical Board as to any matter referred to in the
        certificate; or

   (b)  where any such application for review has been made, within 14 days
        after receipt by the Board of the certificate of the Commissioner
        issued under section 15(5) or of the Pneumoconiosis Medical Board
        issued under section 24(6).

(3) An application by any person for a review pursuant to section  19D of a
decision of the Board as to any matter required under this section to be
determined by the Board and stated in a certificate issued by the Board shall
be made within 14 days after the person's receipt of the certificate, or
within such longer period as the Commissioner may allow.

(4) Following its review of any decision referred to in subsection

(3), the Board shall issue a certificate-

   (a)  stating that the original determination of amounts is confirmed; or

   (b)  stating the revised determination of the amounts of compensation and
        showing the calculation of those amounts. (Added 54 of 1993 s. 15)