Hong Kong Ordinances

PNEUMOCONIOSIS AND MESOTHELIOMA (COMPENSATION) ORDINANCE - SECT 40B

Administration of ex gratia payments

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) Where the Board, in pursuance of the function referred to in
section 26(1)(bb), receives from the Government moneys designated as ex gratia
payments to persons suffering from pneumoconiosis, the Board shall-

   (a)  hold the moneys in a separate account;

   (b)  distribute the moneys in the manner stipulated by the Government from
        time to time as to-

        (i)    the amount of any payment;

        (ii)   the person to whom any payment should be made;

        (iii)  the conditions subject to which any payment may be made;

   (c)  subject to the prior approval of the Financial Secretary, invest the
        moneys as the Board thinks fit.

(2) The Board may deduct from moneys received from the Government under this
section its expenses incurred in performing its function under
section 26(1)(bb).

(3) Part VI shall not apply to moneys referred to in this section. (Added 54
of 1993 s. 36)