CAP. 360]
(Cap. 165.)
Pneumoconiosis (Compensation)
[1986 Ed.
upon his earnings, or being an illegitimate child, leaves a parent or grandparent so dependent upon his earnings, shall include such an illegitimate child or parent or grandparent respectively:
Provided that a person shall not be deemed to be a partial dependant of another person unless he was dependent partially on contributions from that other person for the provision of the ordinary necessaries of life suitable for persons in his class and position;
"earnings" include any remuneration or profit derived from an employment, and for the purposes of this Ordinance earnings and the amount of earnings shall be calculated or estimated in such manner and on such basis as may be prescribed;
"employer" includes Her Majesty in Her Government of Hong Kong and any body of persons corporate or incorporate;
"employment" includes any self-employment in any trade, business or profession;
"financial year" means the period fixed by the Board under section 29;
"Fund" means the Pneumoconiosis Compensation Fund established by section 27;
"further penalty" means the further penalty payable under section 37(1B); (Added, 1 of 1983, s. 2)
"hospital" means any hospital registered under the Hospitals, Nursing Homes and Maternity Homes Registration Ordinance or maintained by the Crown;
"incapacity" means incapacity resulting from pneumoconiosis;
"levy" means the levy imposed under section 35;
"medical expenses" means all or any of the following expenses incurred in respect of the medical treatment of a person-
(a) the fees of a medical practitioner;
(b) the fees for any surgical or therapeutic treatment;
(c) the cost of nursing attendance;
(d) the cost of hospital accommodation as an in-patient;
(e) the cost of medicines, curative materials and medical dressings;
"medical treatment", in relation to a person who has contracted pneumoconiosis, means medical treatment of any kind whatsoever given to the person by, or under the supervision of, a medical practitioner, whether as an in-patient or otherwise;
"member of the family" means-
(a) a wife, husband, father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, stepfather, stepmother, son, daughter, grandson,
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CAP. 360]
(Cap. 165.)
Pneumoconiosis (Compensation)
[1986 Ed.
upon his earnings, or being an illegitimate child, leaves a parent or grandparent so dependent upon his earnings, shall include such an illegitimate child or parent or grandparent respectively:
Provided that a person shall not be deemed to be a partial dependant of another person unless he was dependent partially on contributions from that other person for the provision of the ordinary necessaries of life suitable for persons in his class and position;
"earnings" include any remuneration or profit derived from an employment, and for the purposes of this Ordinance earnings and the amount of earnings shall be calculated or estimated in such manner and on such basis as may be prescribed;
"employer" includes Her Majesty in Her Government of Hong
Kong and any body of persons corporate or incorporate;
“employment" includes any self-employment in any trade, business
or profession;
"financial year" means the period fixed by the Board under sec-
tion 29;
"Fund" means the Pneumoconiosis Compensation Fund established
by section 27;
"further penalty" means the further penalty payable under sec-
tion 37(1B); (Added, 1 of 1983, s. 2)
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"hospital" means any hospital registered under the Hospitals, Nurs- ing Homes and Maternity Homes Registration Ordinance or maintained by the Crown;
"incapacity" means incapacity resulting from pneumoconiosis;
"levy" means the levy imposed under section 35;
"medical expenses" means all or any of the following expenses incurred in respect of the medical treatment of a person-
(a) the fees of a medical practitioner;
(b) the fees for any surgical or therapeutic treatment;
(c) the cost of nursing attendance;
(d) the cost of hospital accommodation as an in-patient;
(e) the cost of medicines, curative materials and medical
dressings;
"medical treatment", in relation to a person who has contracted pneumoconiosis, means medical treatment of any kind what- soever given to the person by, or under the supervision of, a medical practitioner, whether as an in-patient or otherwise; "member of the family" means-
(a) a wife, husband, father, mother, grandfather, grand- mother, stepfather, stepmother, son, daughter, grandson,
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