Workers' (Occupational Diseases) Relief Fund Act 1954
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48 Regulations
(1) The Governor may make regulations under this Act.
(2) *[Section 48 Subsection (2) amended by No. 55 of 1965, s. 5 ][Section 48 Subsection (2) amended by No. 38 of 1988, s. 13 ][Section 48 Subsection (2) amended by No. 43 of 1991, s. 5 and Sched. 1 ][Section 48 Subsection (2) amended by No. 44 of 1993, s. 14 and Sched. 1 ][Section 48 Subsection (2) amended by No. 16 of 1965, s. 9 ]*Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) of this section, the regulations may –
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(ab) [Section 48 Subsection (2) amended by No. 17 of 1996, Applied:10 Apr 2002] require the payment to the Secretary of sums in reimbursement of the expenses incurred by it in the arrangement of a medical examination or medical treatment for any person under this Act to which that person without reasonable excuse fails to submit himself; and
(ac) [Section 48 Subsection (2) amended by No. 17 of 1996, Applied:10 Apr 2002] authorize the Secretary to deduct those sums from any payments due to that person from the Secretary or to recover those sums from the employer of that person and, where those sums are so recovered from that employer, authorize him to make corresponding deductions in the remuneration of that person; and
(ad) [Section 48 Subsection (2) amended by No. 17 of 1996, Applied:10 Apr 2002] provide for the issue to any person who is or has been an employee of a record book and for the recording therein of the medical examinations and medical treatment to which that person has submitted himself under this Act; and
(ae) [Section 48 Subsection (2) amended by No. 17 of 1996, Applied:10 Apr 2002] require the production on such occasions or in such circumstances as may be prescribed of a record book so issued; and
(af) [Section 48 Subsection (2) amended by No. 17 of 1996, Applied:10 Apr 2002] require the payment of a fee on the issue of a record book in place of one that has been lost, destroyed, or defaced; and