Occupational Diseases in Mines and Works Act, 1973 (Act No. 78 of 1973)

Chapter V : Commissioner, Advisory Committee and Compensation Fund

68. Commissioner to make certain adjustment between accounts
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(1)As soon as practicable after the commencement of this Act, the commissioner shall, in consultation with an actuary approved by the Minister for that purpose, determine the amounts which would have been payable, had the previous Act not been repealed, respectively out of the A-account and B-account which were established under the previous Act, in respect of every person who was found for the first time before the commencement of this Act, to be suffering from pneumoconiosis or tuberculosis.

 

(2)The commissioner shall credit the Mines Account and debit the State Account with the difference between the amounts which, immediately before the commencement of this Act, stood to the credit of the accounts referred to in subsection (1) and the amounts determined by him or her under that subsection.