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Explanatory Note
The Second Schedule to the Employees'
Compensation Ordinance contains a list of occupational
diseases. If it can be proved that an employee's death or
disability results from a disease listed in the Second
Schedule and that he was previously employed within a
period and in a trade, industry or process specified
therein, there is a presumption that the disease was due to
the nature of his employment thus entitling the employee or
his dependants to compensation. The listing of a trade,
industry or process in the Second Schedule also entitles an
employer to require an employee to undergo a medical
examination before being employed in such trade, industry
or process.
2. It has been recognized that certain aromatic
amines are urinary tract carcinogens. The purpose of this
order is to add tumour of the urinary tract due to
occupational exposure to these carcinogens to the list of
occupational diseases in the Second Schedule.