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CONFIDENTIAL
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Subject
Purpose
BOUR
Workmen's Compensation (Amendment) Bill and Regulations - Pneumoconiosis
24. Factories and
Industrial Under-
takings
(Construction Sites) (Safety)(Amendment)...
Regulations
To provide for workmen's compensation for workers suffering from silicosis and asbestosis.
To improve safety measures
at construction sites.
Progress made and present position
born/belongers to practise locally wherever (within limits) he may have qualified.
Next quarter _targets
(a) The Bill was enacted on 7th June.
(b) Draft Regulations concerning medical
examination of workers in specified trades are being finalised.. Consultation with affected trades is continuing.
(c) A list of points of detail concerning the
establishment and administration of the Pneumoconiosis Compensation Fund and Board has been circulated to interested departments. When agreed they would be discussed with the Accident Insurance Association before they are finalised as Drafting Instructions for a new set of Regulations.
Draft Regulations finalised. Since the principal Regulations were re-enacted on 19th July 1978 it is considered appropriate to defer this item to the beginning of the next session of the Legislative Council,
Implementation of Pneumoconiosis Compensation Scheme to await enactment of, Regulations on medical examination.
To seek the Executive Council's approval for Regulations to be made.
To finalise Drafting Instructions.
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The Commissioner for
Labour to make Regulations. To seek the Legislative Council's approval by resolution when it
reconvenes in October.
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