WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION
No. 44 of 1967
An Ordinance to amend the Workmen's Compensation
Ordinance 1951-1965.
1.—(1.) This Ordinance may be cited as the Workmen's Compensation Ordinance 1967.*
(2.) The Workmen's Compensation Ordinance 1951-1965f is in this Ordinance referred to as the Principal Ordinance.
| (3 . ) The Principal Ordinance, as amended by this Ordin ance, may be cited as the Workmen's | Compensation | Ordinance |
| 1951-1967. |
2 . Section 14 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by omitting from sub-section (1.) the word " workmen " and insert ing in its stead the word " workman ".
3. The First Schedule to the Principal Ordinance is amended by omitting paragraph 7 and inserting in its stead the following paragraphs:—
" 6A. The Court may, in the case of weekly payments referred to in clause (i) of sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph 1 of this Schedule payable in respect of a particular child, order that, instead of those payments being paid into Court, those payments be made, until the Court otherwise orders, to such person as the Court specifies in the order to be applied by him for the benefit of the child.
" 7.—(1.) Where weekly payments (other than payments referred to in clause (i) of sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph 1 of this Schedule) are payable to a person under a legal disability, the Court may order that, until it otherwise orders—
| and 21, 1959; N o . 8, 1961; N o . 10, 1962; and N o . 6, 1965. |
(a) the payments be paid into Court; or
(b) the payments be made to such person as the Court specifies in the order
to be applied for the benefit of the person under legal disability.
" (2.) Where a lump sum payment (other than a payment under paragraph 9A of this Schedule) is payable to a person under a legal disability, the payment shall, unless the Court otherwise orders, be paid into Court.
" (3.) Where under this paragraph the payment of a weekly payment or of a lump sum payment is to be paid into Court, the provisions of paragraph 6 of this Schedule with respect to payments into Court in pursuance of that paragraph shall apply to sums paid into Court under this paragraph.
" 7A. An application for an order under paragraph 6A or 7 of this Schedule may
be made on the application of the person liable to make the weekly payments or by
or on behalf of the person to whom or in respect of whom payments are payable.".
| * Made on 30 November 1967; notified in the Commonwealth | Gazette and commenced on 14 |
December 1967.
Ordinance N o . 2, 1951, as amended by N o . 4, 1952; N o . 12, 1954; N o . 1, 1956; Nos . 12, 20
4. The Second Schedule to the Principal Ordinance is
repealed and the following Schedule inserted in its stead:—
| S E C O N D | S C H E D U L E . | Section 10. |
COMPENSATION FOR SPECIFIED INJURIES
| Nature of Injury | Amount Payable |
$
| Loss of both eyes | 8 , 6 0 0 . 0 0 |
| Loss of an only useful eye, the other being blind or absent | 8 , 6 0 0 . 0 0 |
| Loss of one eye, with serious diminution of the sight of the other | 6 , 4 5 0 . 0 0 |
| Loss of one eye | 3 , 4 4 0 . 0 0 |
| Loss of | hearing | 6 , 0 2 0 . 0 0 |
| Complete deafness of one ear | 1 ,720 .00 |
| Loss of both hands | 8 , 6 0 0 . 0 0 |
| Loss of right arm or greater part of right arm | 6 , 8 8 0 . 0 0 |
| Loss of left arm or greater part of left arm | 6 , 1 9 2 . 0 0 |
| Loss of lower part of right arm, right hand or five fingers of right hand.. | 6 , 0 2 0 . 0 0 |
| Loss of lower part of left arm, left hand or five fingers of left hand | 5 , 4 1 8 . 0 0 |
| Loss of right thumb | 2 , 5 8 0 . 0 0 |
| Loss of left | thumb | 2 , 3 2 2 . 0 0 |
| Loss of right forefinger | 1 ,720 .00 |
| Loss of left forefinger | 1 ,548 .00 |
| Loss of right middle finger | 1 ,376 .00 |
| Loss of left middle finger | 1 ,290 .00 |
| Loss of right ring finger | 1 , 2 0 4 . 0 0 |
| Loss of left ring finger | 1 ,118 .00 |
| Loss of right little finger | 1 ,118 .00 |
| Loss of left little finger.. | 1 ,032 .00 |
| Loss of total movement of joint of right thumb | 1 ,204 .00 |
| Loss of total movement of joint of left thumb | 1 ,118 .00 |
| Loss of distal phalanx or joint of right thumb | 1 ,376 .00 |
| Loss of distal phalanx or joint of left thumb | 1 ,290 .00 |
| Loss of portion of terminal segment of right thumb involving one-third |
| of its flexor surface without loss of distal phalanx or joint | 1 ,204 .00 |
Loss of portion of terminal segment of left thumb involving one-third
| of its flexor surface without loss of distal phalanx or joint | 1 ,118 .00 |
| Loss of two phalanges or joints of right forefinger | 1 ,032 .00 |
| Loss of two phalanges or joints of left forefinger | 9 4 6 . 0 0 |
| Loss of two phalanges or joints of right middle or ring finger | 9 4 6 . 0 0 |
| Loss of two phalanges or joints of left middle or ring finger | 8 6 0 . 0 0 |
| Loss of two phalanges or joints of right little finger | 8 6 0 . 0 0 |
| Loss of two phalanges or joints of left little finger | 7 7 4 . 0 0 |
| Loss of distal phalanx or joint of right forefinger | 8 6 0 . 0 0 |
| Loss of distal phalanx or joint of left forefinger | 7 7 4 . 0 0 |
| Loss of distal phalanx or joint of other finger of right hand.. | 6 8 8 . 0 0 |
| Loss of distal phalanx or joint of other finger of left hand | 6 0 2 . 0 0 |
| Loss of hand and foot | 8 , 6 0 0 . 0 0 |
| Loss of both feet | 8 , 6 0 0 . 0 0 |
| Loss of leg above knee | 6 , 4 5 0 . 0 0 |
| Loss of leg below knee | 5 , 5 9 0 . 0 0 |
| Loss | of | foot | 5 , 1 6 0 . 0 0 |
| Loss of great toe | 1 ,720 .00 |
| Loss of any other toe | .. | 6 8 8 . 0 0 |
| Loss of two phalanges or joints of any other toe | 6 0 2 . 0 0 |
| Loss of phalanx or joint of great toe | 8 6 0 . 0 0 |
| Loss of phalanx or joint of any other toe | 5 1 6 . 0 0 |
5. The Principal Ordinance is amended as set out in the
Schedule to this Ordinance.
AMENDMENTS IN RELATION TO DECIMAL CURRENCY
| Provisions amended | Omit— | Insert— |
| Section | 6 (3.) | Five pounds | Ten dollars |
| Section 11 (2.) | Five hundred pounds | One thousand dollars |
| Section 12 (1.) |
| Section 12 (1.) | Four thousand three hundred | Eight thousand six hundred |
| Section 16 (3.) | Fifty pounds | One hundred dollars |
| Section 18 (14.) | One hundred pounds | Two hundred dollars |
| Section 18 (15.) | Twenty pounds | Forty dollars |
| Section 18A (2.) | Ten pounds | Twenty dollars |
| Section 18F (1.) | One hundred pounds | Two hundred dollars |
| Section 18j (2.) | One hundred pounds | Two hundred dollars |
| Section 19 (3.) | One hundred pounds | Two hundred dollars |
| Section 20 (3.) | One hundred pounds | Two hundred dollars |
| Section 21 (2.) | Twenty pounds | Forty dollars |
| Section 28 (e) | Fifty pounds | One hundred dollars |
| First Schedule— |
Paragraph 1 (a) (i) ..
| Paragraph 1 (a) (i) .. | Four thousand three hundred | Eight thousand six hundred |
| Paragraph 1 (a) (i) . . | One pound two shillings and | Two dollars and twenty-five |
| Paragraph 1 (a) (iii).. | Sixty pounds | One hundred and twenty |
dollars
| Paragraph 1 (6) | Eleven pounds eleven | Twenty-three dollars and ten |
| Paragraph 1 (b) (i) .. | Two pounds fourteen | Five dollars and forty-five |
| shillings and sixpence | cents |
| Paragraph 1 (b) (ii).. | One pound two shillings and | Two dollars and twenty-five |
| Paragraph 1 (c) (i) .. | Eleven pounds eleven | Twenty-three dollars and ten |
| Paragraph 2 (a) (ii) . . | Seven hundred pounds | Fourteen hundred dollars |
| Paragraph 2 (b) (iii).. | " Eight pounds thirteen | " Seventeen dollars and thirty- |
| shillings and threepence " | two cents " |
| Paragraph 2 (b) (iii).. | " Eleven pounds eleven | " Twenty-three dollars and |
| Paragraph 9A | One hundred pounds | Two hundred dollars |
| and One hundred pounds | and Two hundred dollars |
| Paragraph 11 Third Schedule | One pound | Two dollars |
| £ (wherever occurring) | $ |