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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1991

ALSO BURIAL EXPENSES FOR

MAXIMUM DAILY RATE FOR RESPECTIVELY.

MEDICAL

EMPLOYEES EXPENSES

KILLED WILL BE

AT WORK AND THE

AND $10,000

$90

TO

WILL GO UP TO

IN ADDITION, THE CEILING OF ADVANCE PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION INJURED WORKERS OR TO DEPENDANTS OF DECEASED WORKERS $28,000.

MEANWHILE,

FOR LATE PAYMENT OF

ITS DETERRENT

SURCHARGE THE MINIMUM COMPENSATION BY EMPLOYERS HAS BEEN REVISED TO MAINTAIN EFFECT.

$300 UPON EXPIRY OF THE REMAINS UNPAID THREE

THE SURCHARGE WILL BE INCREASED TO PAYMENT PERIOD, AND TO $600 WHERE COMPENSATION MONTHS AFTER THE EXPIRY DATE.

TO AS REGARDS THE ALLOWANCES TO HELP VICTIMS OF WORK ACCIDENTS

SURGICAL ACQUIRE PROSTHESES OR

APPLIANCES, THE MAXIMUM COSTS OF AND THOSE SUPPLYING AND FITTING SUCH ITEMS WILL BE RAISED TO $20,000, OF REPAIRING AND RENEWING TO $62,000.

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REMOVAL OF UNFAIR TREATMENT OF ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN PROPOSED

OF

ILLEGITIMATE

THE LAW REFORM COMMISSION HAS RECOMMENDED THE ELIMINATION THE DISTINCTIONS DRAWN BY THE LAW BETWEEN LEGITIMATE AND CHILDREN.

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, MR JEREMY MATHEWS, WHO IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE LAW REFORM COMMISSION, POINTED OUT THAT THE LAW AT PRESENT TREATED ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN DIFFERENTLY IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT AREAS.

"THE COMMISSION TAKES THE VIEW THAT THIS IS UNFAIR BECAUSE THE TARGET OF THE DISCRIMINATIONS IS NOT HIMSELF RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY MISCONDUCT.

"IN BROAD TERMS, THE COMMISSON'S PROPOSALS SEEK TO REMOVE AS FAR AS IS PRACTICABLE THE LEGAL DISADVANTAGES WHICH AT PRESENT ATTACH TO ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN," MR MATHEWS SAID.

THE COMMISSION'S REPORT ON

SOME

ILLEGITIMACY, WHICH IS PUBLISHED TODAY (TUESDAY), IS THE RESULT OF

TWO YEARS' WORK. A PUBLIC CONSULTATION EXERCISE CONDUCTED BY THE COMMISSION IN AUGUST 1990 REVEALED OVERWHELMING SUPPORT FOR A CHANGE IN THE LAW ALONG THE PROPOSED.

LINES

PARENTS' PROPERTY

ON

THE COMMISSION HAS RECOMMENDED THAT AN ILLEGITIMATE CHILD SHOULD HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS TO SUCCEED TO HIS DEATH AS LEGITIMATE CHILDREN.

/THE COMMISSION

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