39. The principal Act is amended —
(a)
by deleting the word “workman” wherever it appears in the following provisions and substituting in each case the word “employee”:
Sections 2(1) (definitions of “dependant”, “earnings” and “employer” (12th and penultimate lines)), (3) (2nd line) and (4) (2nd line), 3(5)(a) (2nd and 3rd lines), 4(2) (4th line), (4) (2nd and 3rd lines) and (5), 6(2) and (3), 9(1) (penultimate line), (3) (4th line), (5A) and (6), 10, 11(1)(a) and (5), 13(3) (6th, 8th and 9th lines), (5) (last line) and (7), 14(5), 15(1), 17(1), (2) and (3), 19(1) (3rd and last lines), (1A), (2), (3) and (3A), 27(2) and 33(3) (7th and penultimate lines) and Third Schedule (paragraphs 1(1), 2(1), 3(1)(b) and 4(1) and (4) (penultimate line));
(b)
by deleting the word “workman’s” in the following provisions and substituting in each case the word “employee’s”:
Sections 2(1) (definition of “dependant”), 13(7)(a) (6th line) and 33 (section heading);
(c)
by deleting the words “a workman” in the following provisions and substituting in each case the words “an employee”:
Sections 2(1) (definitions of “employer” (10th line), “partial incapacity” (3rd line) and “total incapacity” (2nd line)), (3) (1st line) and (4) (1st line), 3(1) to (4) and (5)(a) (1st line), 4(2) (1st line) and (3A), 5, 9(1) (2nd line) and (3) (2nd line), 13(3) (1st line), (4) and (5) (1st line), 21 and 33(1) and Third Schedule (paragraph 4(4) (1st line));
(d)
by inserting, immediately before section 11, the following Division heading:
“Division 3 — Making claims”;
(e)
by deleting the words “monthly payment” wherever they appear in sections 15(1) and (2), 19(5) and 20(d) and substituting in each case the words “periodical payment for temporary incapacity”;
(f)
by deleting the words “monthly payments” in section 16 (including the section heading) and substituting in each case the words “periodical payments for temporary incapacity”;
(g)
by inserting, immediately before section 17, the following Division heading:
“Division 4 — Liability and indemnity”;
(h)
by deleting the word “workmen” in the 1st line of section 20 and substituting the word “employees”;
(i)
by inserting, immediately before section 21, the following Division heading:
“Division 5 — Insurance and other general provisions”;
(j)
by deleting the heading to Part III and substituting the following heading:
“ASSESSMENT AND PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION”;
(k)
by inserting, immediately after the words “pay compensation” in section 32(1), the words “or interest”; and
(l)
by inserting “, 28A” immediately after “25” in section 32(1).