CONFIDENTIAL
LABOUR LEGISLATION
(May to July 1978)
Title
I. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION
(a) Workmen's Compensation (Amendment) (No. 2) Ordinance 1978
Purpose
аны
To provide for workmen's compensation for workers suffering from silicosis and asbestosis.
(b) Workmen's Compensation
(Pneumoconiosis) Regulations 1978
(c) Workmen's Compensation
(Pneumoconiosis) Regulations 1979
To implement details of the scheme under the Workmen's Compensation (Amendment) (No. 2) Ordinance 1978 with regard to medical examination and assessment.
To implement details of the scheme under the Workmen's Compensation (Amendment) (No. 2) Ordinance 1978 with
regard to the
establishment of the
Pneumoconiosis
Compensation Fund
and its administration
by a Board.
Reference
in Annex D
Present position
Para 1(5)(c)
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Target date
Passed by the Legislative Council on 7.6.78.
Draft Regulations being finalised. Consultation with affected trades is
continuing.
Implementation of the compensation scheme to await enactment of Regulations on medical examination
(Item I(b)).
4th quarter 1978.
A list of points of detail concerning the
Pneumoconiosis
Compensation Fund
and
Board has been circulated to
interested
departments. When agreed they would be discussed
with the Accident
Insurance Association
before they are finalised as Drafting Instructions.
2nd quarter 1979.
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.