Amendment of section 3.
2
(b) in paragraph (d), by deleting "dwelling in his house; or"
and substituting the following--
"employed by such employer and who resides with the employer."; and
(c) by deleting paragraphs (e) and (f).
3. Section 3 of the principal Ordinance is amended----
(a) by inserting, before the definition of "Commissioner".
the following new definition-
""accident insurance business" means the business of effecting contracts of insurance against the liabi- lity of an employer for personal injury by accident to any workman in his employment arising out of and in the course of such employ- ment;":
(b) in the definition of "Commissioner", by deleting "and includes a deputy commissioner of labour and any labour officer appointed in that behalf in writing by the said Commissioner";
(c) by inserting after the definition of "compensation" the
following new definition-
'contract of apprenticeship" includes a contract of
improvership or learnership;";
(d) by inserting, after the definition of "Court", the follow-
ing new definition—
""damages" means any damages recoverable by a workman independently of this Ordinance in the case of personal injury to the workman by accident arising out of and in the course of his employment;":
(e) by deleting the definition of "insurer" and substituting
the following-
(Cwm. 2.)
* "Full Court" means the Full Court constituted under
section 3 of the Full Court Ordinance: "insurance company" and "insurer" mean a person carrying on accident insurance business in the Colony;":
(f) by deleting the definition of "member of the family" and
substituting the following-
""member of the family" means—
(a) a wife, husband, father, mother, grand- father, grandmother, stepfather, stepmother,
3
or
son, daughter, grandson, granddaughter, stepson, stepdaughter, brother, sister, half- brother, half-sister, daughter-in-law sister-in-law and any such person is in- cluded whether the relationship is created by blood or by any adoption recognized as valid by the law of the Colony; and (b) any other person who at the time of the injury resides with the workman as a mem- ber of his household;":
(g) in the definition of "partial incapacity", by deleting "as reduces his earning capacity in every" and substituting the following-
"(which may include disfigurement) as reduces bis earning capacity in any".
4.
Section 4 of the principal Ordinance is amended-
(a)
by being renumbered as subsection (1) thereof;
(b)
in paragraph (6), by deleting "and" and substituting a colon:
(c)
by deleting paragraph (c); and
(d) by inserting the following new subsection-
5.
"(2) The exercise and performance of the powers and duties of any public body shall for the purposes of this Ordinance, unless a contrary inten- tion appears, be deemed to be the trade or business of such public body.".
Section 5 of the principal Ordinance is amended-
(a) in subsection (1)—
(i) by deleting resulting in the death or serious and permanent incapacity of" and substituting the following-
"to":
(ii) by deleting the proviso and substituting the following-
"Provided that
J
(a) the employer shall not be liable under this Ordinance in respect of any injury, other than
Amendment of section 4.
Amendmeul of section 5.