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Power of the Commissioner, Board or Court to submit questions of law.
(Cap. 282.)
Pneumoconiosis (Compensation)
[1986 Ed.
(4) No appeal shall lie after the expiration of 30 days from the date of the decision of the Commissioner or the Board:
Provided that the Court may, if it thinks fit, extend the time within which to appeal under this section notwithstanding that that time has elapsed.
21. (1) The Commissioner, Board or Court may, if he or it thinks fit, submit any question of law for the decision of the Court of Appeal.
(2) Such submission shall be made in such form and in such manner as if it were a submission under section 22 of the Employees' Compensation Ordinance, and any rules of court made under that Ordinance relating to submissions under that section shall apply, with such changes as may be necessary, to a submission under this section.
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Appointment of Pneumoconiosis Medical Board.
Medical examination.
Determination of incapacity or cause of death.
PART IV
MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS
22. The Director of Medical and Health Services shall appoint a board to be known as the Pneumoconiosis Medical Board which shall consist of-
(a) 2 medical practitioners; and
(b) the Senior Occupational Health Officer or an Occupational Health Officer. (Amended, L.N. 248/82)
23. (1) The Pneumoconiosis Medical Board may by notice in writing require any person who is suspected to be suffering from pneumoconiosis, or who claims compensation, to submit himself to a medical examination on such date and at such time and place as is specified in the notice.
(2) Where a person who receives a notice under subsection (1) is employed, he shall as soon as possible notify his employer (if any) of the date, time and place for the medical examination.
(3) For the purpose of attending to undergo a medical examination an employer shall grant to the person referred to in this section the necessary leave of absence from work and the employer shall pay the person the wages or salary in respect of such absence from work or the wages or salary he would have earned if he had worked during such period.
(4) Any employer who without reasonable excuse contravenes subsection (3) commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $2,000.
24. (1) Where a person submits himself to a medical examination in accordance with section 23(1), the Pneumoconiosis Medical Board shall-