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Addition of new section

32A.

(4) The Board shall comply with any requirement under subsec tion (3).

(5) The Board may from time to time vary the estimates submit- ted under subsection (1), even after their approval by the Governor, and if it does so shall inform the Governor in writing of the details of the variation.".

5.

The principal Ordinance is amended by adding, after section 32, the following

"Power to write

off.

32A. (1) The Board may write off the whole or any part of any debt due to the Board which it reasonably considers irrecoverable.

(2) Any write-off under subsection (1) shall take effect for accounting purposes alone and shall not extinguish any right of the Board to recover the debt which has been written off.".

Explanatory Memorandum

This Bill amends the principal Ordinance in order that--

(a) the Pneumoconiosis Compensation Fund can be used to conduct and finance educational, publicity, research and other program- mes to prevent pneumoconiosis (clauses 2 and 3);

(b) the Governor can require the Pneumoconiosis Compensation Fund Board to modify and resubmit its annual programme or estimates, and the Board can vary its estimates (clause 4); and (c) the Board can write off any debt which it reasonably considers

irrecoverable (clause 5).

2.

The Bill has no Public Service staffing or public expenditure implications.

1987年肺塵埃沉着病(賠償)(修訂)條例草案

摘要說明

本條例草案對原有條例作出修訂,從而規定:

(a)

肺塵埃沉着病賠償基金可用作舉辦有關防止肺塵埃沉着病的教育、宣 傳、研究和其他活動,並支付有關費用(草案第2和第3條);

(b)

總督可要求肺塵埃沉着病賠償基金委員會修訂和重新提交每年活動計劃 或預算,而基金委員會可修改該等預算(草案第4條);以及

(c) 基金委員會可把其有理由認爲無法收回的任何債項,予以註銷(草案第

5條)。

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2.

本草案對政府人手和公共開支,都没有影響。