Occupational Diseases in Mines and Works Act, 1973 (Act No. 78 of 1973)Chapter V : Commissioner, Advisory Committee and Compensation Fund69. State Account |
| (1) | The commissioner shall credit to the State Account all the assets and moneys transferred to the compensation fund under section 61 (3). |
| (2) | The Minister shall from time to time, in consultation with the Minister of State Expenditure, pay to the commissioner for the credit of the State Account, from moneys appropriated by Parliament for that purpose, such amounts as the Minister may deem necessary in order to enable the commissioner to meet the obligations payable from that account. |
[Section 69(2) amended by section 43 of the Occupational Diseases in Mines and Works Amendment Act, No. 208 of 1993]
| (3) | The commissioner shall debit the State Account with every payment under a provision of this Act— |
| (a) | to or in respect of any person who was found for the first time, before the commencement of this Act, to be suffering from pneumoconiosis or tuberculosis; |
| (b) | to or in respect of any person on the ground of a finding that he or she is or was suffering from a compensatable disease which he or she contracted as the result of work performed by him or her in the service of the State in or at or in connection with any mine or works; |
| (c) | in respect of service rendered at a mine which ceased, before the commencement of this Act, to be a controlled mine in terms of the provisions of the previous Act. |
| (4) | Any credit balance in the State Account after all the obligations payable from it have been extinguished, shall be paid into the State Revenue Fund. |
[Section 69(4) amended by section 43 of the Occupational Diseases in Mines and Works Amendment Act, No. 208 of 1993]