Clause 49(z) amends Regulation 31 to provide for the rate of additional pension granted in respect of injuries sustained while on duty travel to be the same as that in respect of injuries sustained while on duty. (The existing provision gives a more favourable rate of additional pension for injuries sustained while on duty-related air travel. This is
This is not considered appropriate in present day circumstances.) Regulation 31 is also amended to enable the Government, subject to a specified limitation, to recover from a third party the amount of additional pension paid to an injured
officer.
Amendments to other Ordinances
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Clauses 40 to 48 and Clauses 50 to 55 introduce simple consequential amendments to the other Ordinances and subsidiary legislation listed below to extend their application to cover officers who come under the new pension scheme, and/or to adopt specific terms introduced under the legislation for the new pension scheme
(a) The Pensions (Special Provisions) (Hong Kong
Polytechnic) Ordinance (Chapter 90)
(b) The Fire Services Ordinance (Chapter 95)
(c) The Inland Revenue Ordinance (Chapter 112)
Affiliation (Chapter 183)
Ordinance
(d)
The
Proceedings
(e)
The
Prevention
of Bribery Ordinance
(Chapter 201)
(£)
The Police Force Ordinance (Chapter 232)
(g)
The Prisons Ordinance (Chapter 234)
(h)
(i)
The
Public
(j)
(k)
The Customs and Excise Service Ordinance (Chapter 342)
Emoluments) Ordinance (Chapter 363)
The Widows and Orphans Pension (Application) Regulations (Chapter 94)
The Education Officers (Special Cases) Pensions Regulations (Chapter 89 sub. leg.)
Officers (Assignment of
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