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PART V
PNEUMOCONIOSIS COMPENSATION FUND BOARD
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Establishment of Pneumoconiosis Compansation Fund Board Functions and powers of the Board
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PART VI
FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
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Establishment of Pneumoconiosis Compensation Fund
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Payments by the Board from the Fund
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Estimates and financial year
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Bank account
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Investment of funds
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Accounts
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Auditors
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Statements and reports to be laid on table of Legislative Council
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PART VII
LEVY
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Imposition of levy
Rate of levy
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Payment of levy and surcharge
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Recovery of levy
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Evasion of payment of levy
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PART VIII
MISCELLANEOUS
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Variation of compensation limits and daily rates for medical
expenses
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Compensation not to be assigned, charged or attached
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Supply of particulars
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Evidence by certificate etc.
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Authentication, and production in evidence of documents
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False statements
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Jurisdiction of Court
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Regulations
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Consequential amendments
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Repeal
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A BILL
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Establish a scheme for compensating persons or their dependants in respect of incapacity or death resulting from pneumoconiosis and for purposes connected therewith.
Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof.
PART I
PRELIMINARY
1. (1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Pneumoconiosis (Com- Short title and pensation) Ordinance 1980.
(2) This Ordinance shall come into operation on a day to be appointed by the Governor by notice in the Gazette and the notices under this section may appoint different dates for different provisions of this Ordin-
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(1) In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires- "Board" means the Pneumoconiosis Compensation Fund Board established
under section 25;
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner for Labour;
"compensation" means compensation as provided by this Ordinance; "construction works" has the meaning assigned to it in section 2(2) of the
Industrial Training (Construction Industry) Ordinance;
"contractor" has the meaning assigned to it in section 2(1) of the Industrial
Training (Construction Industry) Ordinance;
"Court" means the District Court;
"date of incapacity" means—
(a) in the case of temporary incapacity, the date specified in a the date on medical certificate issued under section 10(2) as which the temporary incapacity commenced;
(b) in the case of permanent incapacity, the date specified in a certificate issued under section 24(6) or (8) as the date on which the permanent incapacity commenced;
"dependants" means those members of the family of a person who were wholly or in part dependent upon his earnings at the time of his death, or would but for the incapacity have been so dependent, and, where the person, being the parent or grandparent of an illegitimate child, leaves such child so dependent upon his earnings, or being an illegitimate child, leaves a parent or grandparent so dependent upon his earnings, shall include such an illegitimate child or parent or grandparent respectively;
Provided that a person shall not be deemed to be a partial dependant of another person unless he was dependent partially on contributions from that other person for the provision of the ordinary necessaries of life suitable for persons in his class and position;
commencement.
Interpretation.
(Cap. 317.)