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compensation
covered by the
would represent
on a different basis from those areas
Employees' Compensation Ordinance and
a significant departure from the
principles on which employers in the quarry and
construction industries were consulted before the
establishment of the Pneumoconiosis Compensation Scheme
in its present form in 1980. If the levy continues
generate surplus funds, the correct approach, in my
to
view, is to reduce the rate of levy, not to expand the
scope of the Board's work.