1986 Ed.]
Pneumoconiosis (Compensation)
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granddaughter, stepson, stepdaughter, brother, sister, half-brother, half-sister, daughter-in-law or sister-in-law and any such person is included whether the relationship is created by blood or by any adoption recognized as valid by the law of Hong Kong; and
(b) any other person who at the date of incapacity resides with the incapacitated person as a member of his household, including a woman who, at such date was living with the person as his wife;
"partial incapacity" means, where the incapacity is of a temporary nature, such incapacity as reduces the earning capacity of a person in any employment in which he was engaged at the time he is found to have contracted pneumoconiosis, and, where the incapacity is of a permanent nature, such incapacity as reduces his earning capacity in any employment which he was capable of undertaking at that time;
"penalty" means the penalty payable under section 37(1A); (Added, 1 of 1983, s. 2)
"pneumoconiosis" means-
(a) fibrosis of the lungs due to dust of free silica or dust containing free silica, whether or not such disease is accompanied by tuberculosis of the lungs, or any other disease of the pulmonary or respiratory organs caused by exposure to such dust; or
(b) fibrosis of the lungs due to dust of asbestos or dust containing asbestos, whether or not such disease is accompanied by tuberculosis of the lungs, or any other disease caused by exposure to such dust;
"Pneumoconiosis Medical Board" means the Pneumoconiosis Medical Board appointed under section 22;
"quarry operator" means---
(a) in relation to a Government quarry, the person managing or in charge of that quarry;
(b) in relation to a quarry other than a Government quarry, the person operating that quarry;
(c) in relation to a stone crushing plant, the person operating that stone crushing plant;
"surcharge" means the surcharge imposable under this Ordinance; (Added, 1 of 1983, s. 2)
"total incapacity" means such incapacity whether of a temporary or permanent nature as incapacitates a person from any employment which he was capable of undertaking at the time he is found to have contracted pneumoconiosis;
"value" means in relation to construction works and to any quarry, the value of the construction works and the quarry products