Note regarding Convention No. 83. This Convention permits Member States of the ILO to make declarations on behalf of their non-metropolitan territories in respect of certain Conventions which might or might not have been ratified by the Member State. Convention No. 83 was ratified by the United Kingdom on 27 March 1950 but only comes into effect on 15 June 1974 following a second ratification which was registered (by Australia) on 15 June 1973. The position in Hong Kong in relation to Conventions contained in its schedule is as follows:
Convention No.
Title
Maternity Protection 1919
Weekly Rest (Industry) 1921
3
14
15
Minimum Age (Trimmers and Stokers) 1921
16
17
Medical Examination of Young Persons (Sea) 1921
Workmen's Compensation
(Accidents) 1925
Declarations registered in respect of Hong Kong
Decision reserved 27.3.50
Decision reserved 27.3.50
Applied without modification 27.3.50
Applied without
modification 27.3.50
Decision reserved 27.3.50
Applied without
(Accident Compensation) 1925 modification 27.3.50
19
Equality of Treatment
27
Marking of Weight
45
58
59
(Packages Transported by Vessels) 1929
Underground Work (Women) 1935
Minimum Age (Sea) (Revised) 1936 (Article 2: Fifteen years)
Minimum Age (Industry) (Revised) 1937 (Article 2: Fifteen years)
Medical Examination of Young Persons (Industry) 1946
Decision reserved 27.3.50
Applied without
modification 27.3.50
Applied with modification 27.3.50
Applied with modification 27.3.50
77
Decision reserved 27.3.50
89
Night Work (Women)
(Revised) 1948
Decision reserved 27.3.50
90
Night Work of Young Persons
(Industry) (Revised) 1948
Decision reserved 27.3.50