WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1989
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TAVA SCHEME AMENDMENT APPROVED
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THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
APPROVED
AN
THE TRAFFIC
TODAY (WEDNESDAY}
GOVERNING DOCUMENT
VICTIMS OF ACCIDENTS THAN SIX MONTHS
AMENDMENT TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE ACCIDENT VICTIMS ASSISTANCE SCHEME TO ENABLE INVOLVING LIGHT RAIL VEHICLES WHICH TOOK PLACE MORE AGO TO APPLY FOR ASSISTANCE FROM THE FUND.
THE SECRETARY IN MOVING A RESOLUTION TO EFFECT THE AMENDMENT.
REFERRED ΤΟ THE TRAFFIC FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, THE HON T.H. CHAU, ACCIDENT VICTIMS (ASSISTANCE FUND) (AMENDMENT) BILL PASSED ON MAY 3.
PURPOSE THE MAIN
OF
ACCIDENT VICTIMS
THE
WAS TO
THE TRAFFIC BILL
EXTEND LIGHT RAIL VEHICLES (ASSISTANCE FUND) ORDINANCE TO
THAT VICTIMS OF RAILWAY SO
ACCIDENTS OPERATED ON THE NORTH-WEST
FOR APPLY
ASSISTANCE FROM THE INVOLVING LIGHT RAIL VEHICLES MIGHT FUND.
PERSONS WHO ALSO, IT CONTAINED A PROVISION WHICH WOULD ENABLE
VEHICLE SINCE HAD BEEN INJURED IN AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING A LIGHT RAIL
TO BE PUBLIC TRIALS ON THE NORTH-WEST RAILWAY BEGAN ON MARCH 1, 1988 ELIGIBLE FOR ASSISTANCE FROM THE FUND.
MR
CHAU
EXPLAINED
THAT
TO ENABLE
ACCIDENTS
OF VICTIMS
THAN 51x MONTHS INVOLVING LIGHT RAIL VEHICLES WHICH TOOK PLACE MORE
TO AMEND AGO TO APPLY FOR ASSISTANCE FROM THE FUND, IT WAS NECESSARY
THE OPERATION AND WHICH GOVERNED THE ADMINISTRATIVE DOCUMENT ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR ASSISTANCE UNDER THE SCHEME.
"THIS DOCUMENT,
DOCUMENT, WHICH
WAS APPROVED
OF
BY RESOLUTION
THIS STIPULATES, AMONGST OTHER COUNCIL UNDER SECTION 4 OF THE ORDINANCE,
SIX THINGS, THAT APPLICATIONS FOR ASSISTANCE MUST BE SUBMITTED WITHIN MONTHS OF THE DATE OF THE ACCIDENT.
BE AMENDED SO
"IT IS PROPOSED, THEREFORE, THAT THIS DOCUMENT THAT PERSONS WHO HAVE BEEN INJURED IN A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT ON THE NORTH- NOT SUBJECT то THE SIX-MONTH WEST RAILWAY SINCE MARCH 1, 1988 ARE APPLICATION RULE, HE SAID.
"
OF RELAXATION
MR CHAU POINTED OUT THAT THE APPLY ONLY TO ACCIDENTS INVOLVING A LIGHT RAIL ACCIDENTS INVOLVING ANY OTHER CLASS OF VEHICLES.
THIS RULE WOULD VEHICLE, AND NOT то
AMENDMENT WOULD EXPIRE ON PERSONS CONCERNED OR WITHIN WHICH TO SUBMIT AN
"IT IS FURTHER PROPOSED THAT THIS SEPTEMBER 1, 1989, WHICH WILL GIVE THE INJURED THEIR DEPENDENTS MORE THAN THREE MONTHS APPLICATION, HE SAID.
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