### Employees’ Compensation (Rules of Court) Rules 《僱員補償(法院規則)規則》

29. Special case
(Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 25 of 1998 s. 2)
(a) When a court submits any question of law for the decision of the Court of Appeal, the case shall be divide into paragraphs numbered consecutively, and shall state concisely such facts and refer to such documents as may be necessary to enable the Court of Appeal to decide the questions of law raised thereby.
(b) The case shall be signed and sent to the registrar of the High Court who shall appoint a day, hour and place for hearing the case. (25 of 1998 s. 2)
(c) The registrar of the High Court shall forthwith cause due notice of the day, hour and place appointed for hearing the case to be given to the parties; such notice shall be not less than 14 clear days before the date of the hearing, except with the consent of all parties. (25 of 1998 s. 2)
(d) Any party shall be entitled to obtain from the registrar of the High Court a copy of the case. (G.N.A. 63 of 1961; 25 of 1998 s. 2)
(e) After deciding the question submitted to it, the Court of Appeal shall remit the case with a memorandum of its decision to the court.
(f) The Court of Appeal may remit the case to the court for restatement or further statement.
(g) The costs of the hearing of a case shall be in the discretion of the Court of Appeal and shall form part of the proceedings before the court.

30. Fees
No fees shall be payable in respect of any application made or proceeding instituted pursuant to any of the provisions of the Ordinance.
(G.N.A. 63 of 1961) 

### Employees’ Compensation Regulations 《僱員補償規例》

1. Citation
These regulations may be cited as the Employees’ Compensation Regulations.
(44 of 1980 s. 15)

2. Interpretation
In these regulations—
Schedule (附表) means a Schedule to these Regulations;
the Ordinance (本條例) means the Employees’ Compensation Ordinance (Cap. 282).

3. Notice of accident
The notice of an accident required by section 14 of the Ordinance to be given to an employer by or on behalf of an employee if given in writing may be in Form 1 in the Schedule where the accident caused personal injury and in Form 1A in the Schedule in the case of incapacity or death due to an occupational disease.
(L.N. 45 of 1965; 44 of 1980 s. 15)

4. Notice of accident
Notice of an accident required by section 15(1), (1A)(a), (1B), (1C) or (2) of the Ordinance to be given by an employer to the Commissioner for Labour shall be in writing and— (67 of 1996 s. 9)
(a) if the notice is required under section 15(1), (1A)(a), (1B) or (2), shall be in Form 2 in the Schedule where the accident caused personal injury and in Form 2A in the Schedule in the case of incapacity or death due to an occupational disease; and
(b) if the notice is required under section 15(1C), shall be in Form 2 or Form 2A, as the case may be, in the Schedule.
(L.N. 208 of 1983; L.N. 264 of 1992; 67 of 1996 s. 9)

### Employees’ Compensation Regulations 《僱員補償規例》

5. Certificate as to compensation payable
Where—
(a) a certificate stating the amount of compensation payable by an employer has been issued under section 16A(2) or (5) of the Ordinance and it is desired to proceed in accordance with section 16A(8) of the Ordinance; or
(b) (Repealed 36 of 1996 s. 29)(c) a Certificate of Interim Payment or Review Certificate of Interim Payment has been issued and it is desired to proceed in accordance with section 6C(14) of the Ordinance; or (52 of 2000 s. 35)
(d) a Certificate of Compensation Assessment for Fatal Case or Review Certificate of Compensation Assessment for Fatal Case has been issued and it is desired to proceed in accordance with section 6D(9) of the Ordinance; or (52 of 2000 s. 35)
(e) a Certificate for Funeral and Medical Attendance Expenses or Review Certificate for Funeral and Medical Attendance Expenses has been issued and it is desired to proceed in accordance with section 6E(14) of the Ordinance, (52 of 2000 s. 35)
the details of such certificate shall be given in Form 3 in the Schedule and lodged with Registrar of the Court.
(L.N. 208 of 1983; 36 of 1996 s. 29)

6. Delivering of notice
Save as is otherwise specially provided in the Ordinance or these regulations every notice required by the Ordinance or these regulations may be given by delivering the same at, or sending it by registered post to, the last known residence or place of business or employment of the person to whom it is to be given.

7. Forms
The forms contained in the Schedule or forms to the like effect shall be used with such variations and modifications as the circumstances may require.

### Employees’ Compensation Ordinance 《僱員補償條例》

1. Short title
This Ordinance may be cited as the Employees’ Compensation Ordinance.
(Amended 44 of 1980 s. 15)

### Employees’ Compensation Ordinance 《僱員補償條例》

6G. Discharge of liability of employer and his insurer in fatal cases
(1) Subject to subsections (2), (3) and (4), the total liability of an employer and his insurer shall not in respect of any one deceased employee exceed the aggregate amount payable under section 6(1) and (5).
(2) Where the employer is liable to pay reimbursement of the expenses of the funeral of the employee and the expenses of medical attendance on the employee, the total amount payable for such expenses by the employer and his insurer shall not in any one fatal case for any one deceased employee exceed the aggregate amount payable under section 6(5).
(3) Any compensation paid to the employee under sections 10 and 10A prior to his death and any surcharge payable under sections 6C(8), 6D(3), and 6E(9) shall not be taken into account when calculating the aggregate amount of compensation paid or payable by the employer under section 6.
(4) Where an amount in excess of the compensation payable by the employer under section 6 is paid to the employee by the employer under sections 7 and 9 prior to his death, the employer shall not recover any such excess amount.
(Added 52 of 2000 s. 6)