### Volunteer and Naval Volunteer Pensions Ordinance 《陸軍義勇軍及海軍義勇軍恩恤金條例》

22. Review of determination
(1) (a) A person who is at any time aggrieved by a decision of the Board made in respect of him in determining a claim under section 21(4) may apply to the Board for a review of the decision, by serving on the Board a notice in such form as the Board may specify.
(b) The Board shall, upon any application having been made to it under paragraph (a) in respect of any of its decisions in determining a claim under section 21(4), review that decision.
(2) The Board may, on its own initiative, review any of its decisions in determining a claim under section 21(4) at any time when it is satisfied that—
(a) the decision was—
(i) made in ignorance of, or in consequence of a mistake as to, a material fact, or in consequence of a mistake as to law; or
(ii) based upon any false or misleading information, statement, report or record given or made in connection with the claim to which the decision relates; or
(b) there has been any relevant change of circumstances since the decision was made so as to require such a review to be made.
(3) The Board may, in reviewing a decision under subsection (1) or (2), confirm, vary or reverse the decision.
(4) The Board shall, within 1 month after a review is made under subsection (3), notify the person by whom the claim to which the review relates has been lodged, by notice in writing served on the person, of—
(a) where the decision which is the subject of the review is confirmed, such confirmation;
(b) where the decision which is the subject of the review is varied or reversed—
(i) its decision in the review, and the reasons therefor; and
(ii) the amount, if any, that is payable, and the terms upon which the amount is payable, further to the review by virtue of the claim to which the review relates.

23. Appeals
A person who is aggrieved by a decision of the Board made in respect of him in a review under section 22(3) may, within 28 days after receiving notice of the decision, appeal to the Administrative Appeals Board.

24. Payment of grants out of general revenue
There shall be charged on and paid out of the general revenue all such sums of money as may from time to time be payable as a grant, whether by way of pension, gratuity or other allowance, under this Ordinance.

### Volunteer and Naval Volunteer Pensions Ordinance 《陸軍義勇軍及海軍義勇軍恩恤金條例》

25. Period in respect of which grants payable
Where a claim lodged by any person in respect of the payment of any grant payable otherwise than in the form of a lump sum under this Ordinance, whether by way of pension, gratuity or other allowance, has been admitted under this Ordinance within the meaning of section 20, the person shall, subject to any decision to the contrary by the Board or the Administrative Appeals Board pursuant to the decision of which the claim has been so admitted, be and only be entitled for the purposes of this Ordinance to such payment as would be payable to him as if the claim so admitted had been lodged in respect of a period of time beginning on—
(a) where the claim so admitted has been lodged—
(i) in respect of the payment of any grant, payable under section 16, 17 or 18 in connection with the death of a qualified person; and
(ii) within a period of 3 months beginning on the date of death of the qualified person,
the date next following the date of death of the qualified persons;
(b) in any other case, the date on which the claim was lodged.

26. Manner of payment
The payment of any grant payable under this Ordinance, whether by way of pension, gratuity or other allowance, may be made in such manner as the Director of Accounting Services may determine.

### Volunteer and Naval Volunteer Pensions Ordinance 《陸軍義勇軍及海軍義勇軍恩恤金條例》

27. Medical report
(1) (a) Subject to paragraph (c) and subsection (2), where a medical report in respect of a qualified person is required for the purposes of any provisions of this Ordinance, such medical report shall be a report in such form as the Board may specify of a medical examination described in paragraph (b)(i) or (ii), as the case may be.
(b) (i) Where the qualified person referred to in paragraph (a) ordinarily resides in Hong Kong, the medical report referred to in that paragraph shall be a report of a medical examination conducted by a medical practitioner in respect of the qualified person, as arranged by the Director of Health.
(ii) Where the qualified person referred to in paragraph (a) does not ordinarily reside in Hong Kong, the medical report referred to in that paragraph shall be a report of—
(A) a medical examination conducted by a local practitioner in respect of the qualified person, as arranged by a local authority acceptable to the Board; or
(B) where the Board is satisfied that it is not reasonably practicable to have a medical examination arranged in accordance with sub-subparagraph (A), a medical examination conducted in respect of the qualified person by a local practitioner.
(c) Unless the Board otherwise specifies, where—
(i) the Board requires under section 21(3)(b) to be furnished with a medical report in respect of a qualified person; and
(ii) one or more medical reports have previously been furnished to the Board in respect of the qualified person for the purposes of this Ordinance,
the medical report shall, apart from satisfying the requirements set out in paragraph (b), be a report of a medical examination conducted by a medical practitioner or a local practitioner, as the case may be, other than that or those by whom any of the medical examinations to which the medical report or reports previously furnished relates or relate were conducted.
(2) For the purposes of this Ordinance, the requirement of subsection (1) shall not be regarded as having been satisfied unless the medical report is—
(a) in the case of subsection (1)(b)(i) or (ii)(A), sent directly to the Board by the authority by which the medical examination in question is arranged;
(b) in the case of subsection (1)(b)(ii)(B), where the Board so requires, sent directly to the Board by the person by whom the medical examination in question is conducted.
(3) Where a medical report is furnished in accordance with the requirement of subsections (1) and (2), any costs and expenses which in the opinion of the Board have been reasonably incurred by any person as a result of such requirement shall be defrayed by payment to the person out of the general revenue.
(4) In this section, local practitioner (當地醫生), in relation to the conduct of any medical examination, means a person who is qualified to practise medicine in the place where the medical examination is conducted.