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PNEUMOCONIOSIS (COMPENSATION) (AMENDMENT) Ord. No. 35/88

HONG KONG

No. 35 OF 1988

I assent.

L.S.

David WILSON,

Governor.

9 June 1988

An Ordinance to amend the Pneumoconiosis (Compensation) Ordinance.

[10 June 1988]

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Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent

of the Legislative Council thereof.

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Pneumoconiosis (Compensa- Short title tion) (Amendment) Ordinance 1988.

2.

Section 17 of the Pneumoconiosis (Compensation) Ordinance is Distribution of amended by repealing subsection (4) and substituting-

and payment of compensation

"(4) The Board may pay from the Fund an amount not exceeding (Cap. 360) $20,000 direct to a person or a dependant on account of a claim which is pending settlement or determination.

(4A) The Commissioner may order that a payment under subsec- tion (4) or a part of it shall be deducted from the compensation payable under this Ordinance to the person or dependant.".

1988.

Passed by the Hong Kong Legislative Council this 8th day of June

LAW Kam-sang,

Clerk to the Legislative Council.