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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1989
ΤΟ TO GIVE AMPLE TIME FOR FACTORY OWNERS AND EMPLOYERS TO GET
IT WAS PROPOSED то KNOW THESE NEW PROVISIONS AND COMPLY WITH THEM,
THE APPROVAL BY
EFFECT
THEM INTO BRING LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
12 MONTHS
AFTER THEIR
HE
SAID THE
LABOUR
DEPARTMENT
PUBLICITY COMPAIGN TO EXPLAIN THE NEW PROVISIONS.
PROPOSED
WOULD MEANWHILE CONDUCT
A
THE
ORDINANCE,
MR
WAS
то AMENDMENTS TURNING TO OTHER BRIDGE SAID CLAUSE 8 OF THE BILL PROVIDED THAT A PUBLIC OFFICER
IN GOOD FAITH NOT PERSONALLY LIABLE FOR ANY ACTION OR OMISSION DONE
UNDER IN THE EXERCISE OF HIS POWERS OR IN THE DISCHARGE OF HIS DUTIES THE ORDINANCE.
"THIS WILL NOT AFFECT ANY LIABILITY OF THE GOVERNMENT FOR THAT ACT OR OMISSION, HE SAID.
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IN TORT
IN PROCEEDINGS INSTITUTED UNDER THE ORDINANCE IN RESPECT OF A BREACH OF AN OBLIGATION TO DO SOMETHING SO FAR AS WAS REASONABLY PRACTICABLE OR TO TAKE REASONABLE STEPS, ETC., MR BRIDGE SAID THE EXISTING PROVISIONS DID NOT PROVIDE WHO SHOULD BEAR THE ONUS OF PROOF.
"I
'CLAUSE 9 CLARIFIES THE LEGAL POSITION BY PROVIDING
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ONUS LIES ON THE ACCUSED, HE SAID
THAT THIS
AS REGARDS CLAUSES 2 AND 3, HE SAID THEY PROVIDED FOR AMENDMENTS TO REFLECT UP TO DATE CHANGES IN THE TITLE OF PUBLIC OFFICERS WHO DISCHARGED DUTIES UNDER THE ORDINANCE.
MR BRIDGE ADDED THAT THE PROVISIONS IN THE BILL HAD THE ENDORSEMENT OF THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD.
"I BELIEVE VERY STRONGLY THAT WE MUST DO ALL WE CAN TO IMPROVE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND PREVENT INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS,' HE SAID.
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DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.
MAIN PURPOSE OF MONEY CHANGERS BILL EXPLAINED
THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE MONEY CHANGERS (DISCLOSURE OF RATES, CHARGES AND COMMISSIONS) (AMENDMENT) BILL 1989 IS TO THE INFORMATION WHICH MUST BE PROVIDED BY A MONEY DISPLAY BOARD AND IN THE TRANSACTION NOTE.
SPECIFY CLEARLY CHANGER ON HIS
STATED THIS IN THE SECOND
MOVING
THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON PIERS JACOBS, THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) WHEN READING OF THE BILL.
/MR JACOBS