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Clause 8 extends the time limit for appeals to the

court against any decision or assessment of the Commissioner

Six for Labour or assessment board from 30 days to months.

This will particularly help those applicants who require

legal aid.

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Clause 11 repeals Section 36D(2)(a) which is по

longer necessary. This section now requires the Director of

Medical and Health Services to give the employer particulars

of the accident and the injury when claiming the costs of

fitting the employee with a prosthesis or surgical

appliance. In fact the employer already has this

information.

At present the Commissioner for Labour has the

power to require an employer to produce a current insurance

policy, but not earlier policies. In many cases it has

proved necessary to check a previous policy which was in

force when an accident occurred. Clause 14 empowers the

Commissioner for Labour to require an employer by notice in

writing to produce for inspection a policy of insurance or

other related documents relevant to any date specified in

the notice. An employer will not be required to produce

documents more than three years old.

Sir, all these proposed amendments have the support

of the Labour Advisory Board and I believe they represent a

improvement in the effectiveness of the

significant

Ordinance.

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I move that the debate on this motion be adjourned.

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