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CAP. 282]

Employees' Compensation

[1988 Ed.

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(2) Subject to subsection (4), a Special Assessment Board shall consist

(a) one of the following, that is to say-

(i) the Occupational Health Consultant; or

(ii) a Senior Occupational Health Officer; or (iii) an Occupational Health Officer;

(b) a Senior Labour Officer; and

(c) a Labour Officer who is a member of an Ordinary Assessment Board appointed under section 16D(2).

(3) A member of a Special Assessment Board referred to in subsection (2) shall hold office on such terms and for such period as the Commissioner may determine.

(4) The Commissioner may appoint as additional members of a Special Assessment Board not more than 2 persons who are, in his opinion, qualified to give expert advice on any matter relating to a claim for compensation referred to the Special Assessment Board, and may at any time revoke any such appointment.

(5) A member appointed under subsection (4) may at any time resign by giving notice in writing to the Commissioner.

(6) The Commissioner shall appoint a member of a Special Assessment Board to be the chairman of the Special Assessment Board.

(7) At all meetings of a Special Assessment Board 3 members shall form a quorum.

(8) In respect of a claim referred to it by an Ordinary Assessment Board under section 16D(6), a Special Assessment Board shall, subject to subsection (9), assess the percentage of the loss of earning capacity permanently caused by the injury in accordance with this Ordinance.

(9) Where it appears to a Special Assessment Board that a claim referred to it by an Ordinary Assessment Board under section 16D(6) is a claim to which section 9(1A) applies, the Special Assessment Board shall assess the percentage of the loss of earning capacity permanently caused by the injury for the purposes of section 9(1A).

(10) A decision of a Special Assessment Board shall be that of the majority of the members in attendance or, if there is no majority, shall be that of the chairman thereof.

(11) Subject to this section, the procedure of a Special Assessment Board shall be such as the Commissioner may determine.

(Added, 76 of 1982, s. 14)

Certificates of assessment

16F. An Ordinary Assessment Board, where it has made an assessment under section 16D(5) or a Special Assessment Board, where it has made an assessment under section 16E(8) or (9), shall issue to the employee, the employer