On 19/05/2013,
you requested for the version in force on 19/05/2013
incorporating all amendments published on or before 19/05/2013.
The closest version currently available is that of 27/02/2008.
11. Section 9 of the principal Act is amended —
(a)
by deleting paragraph (a) of subsection (1A) and substituting the following paragraph:
“(a)
in respect of injury which has resulted in the death or permanent incapacity of the employee, authorise payment of compensation to be made directly to —
(i)
an employee who is not less than 18 years of age;
(ii)
one or more of the dependants of the deceased employee and in such proportion as the Commissioner thinks fit, except that where a will has been produced, such payment may instead be made directly to the estate of the deceased employee; or
(iii)
any committee or committees of the employee and estate of the employee appointed under the Mental Disorders and Treatment Act (Cap. 178) where the employee has become mentally incapacitated;”;
(b)
by deleting subsection (4) and substituting the following subsections:
“(4) Compensation deposited in respect of an accident resulting in the death of an employee may be apportioned among one or more of the dependants of the deceased employee and in such proportion as the Commissioner thinks fit, except that where a will has been produced, such compensation may instead be paid to the estate of the deceased employee.
(4A) Compensation deposited in respect of an accident resulting in the permanent incapacity of an employee who, before the payment of such compensation is made, becomes mentally incapacitated may be payable to —
(a)
any one or more of the dependants of the employee; or
(b)
any committee or committees of the employee and estate of the employee appointed under the Mental Disorders and Treatment Act (Cap. 178).”; and
(c)
by deleting the words “a monthly payment” in subsection (5A) and substituting the words “any periodical payment of compensation for temporary incapacity”.