

On 20/05/2013,
you requested for the version in force on 20/05/2013
incorporating all amendments published on or before 20/05/2013.
The closest version currently available is that of 27/02/2008.

7. Section 3 of the principal Act is amended —
(a)
by deleting the words “unless the injury results in the death or permanent incapacity causing a loss of not less than 50% of the earning capacity of the workman” in subsection (5)(a);
(b)
by inserting, immediately after subsection (5), the following subsection:
“(5A) In this section, “drug” means —
(a)
a controlled drug within the meaning of the Misuse of Drugs Act (Cap. 185); or
(b)
a prescription only drug specified for the purposes of section 29 of the Medicines Act (Cap. 176) that is not prescribed by a medical practitioner for the employee’s consumption or use.”; and
(c)
by deleting the words “a workman’s” in subsection (6) and substituting the words “an employee’s”.



