S.I. No. 13/1950 - Workmen's Compensation Act, 1934 (Certifying Surgeons and Medical Referees) Order, 1934 (Amendment) Order, 1950.

S.I. No. 13 of 1950.

WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ACT, 1934 (CERTIFYING SURGEONS AND MEDICAL REFEREES) ORDER, 1934 (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1950.

I, WILLIAM NORTON, Minister for Social Welfare, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by subsection (4) of section 77 of the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1934 (No. 9 of 1934), and the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1934 (Transfer of Ministerial Functions) Order, 1947 ( S. R. & O. No. 161 of 1947 ), hereby, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, order as follows :—

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1934 (Certifying Surgeons and Medical Referees) Order, 1934 (Amendment) Order, 1950.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 1st day of February, 1950.

2. The Workmen's Compensation Act, 1934 (Certifying Surgeons and Medical Referees) Order, 1934 ( S. R. & O. No. 188 of 1934 ), is hereby amended by the substitution for Regulation 9 of the following—

" 9. The fees which the certifying and appointed surgeons shall be entitled to charge in respect of duties performed under Part X of the Act shall be as follows :—

FEES PAYABLE BY THE WORKMAN.

(i) For any certificate given under Regulation 5—

(a) in cases where the medical examination of the workman is made by the surgeon in the performance of his duties under the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, a fee of 2s.

(b) in all other cases, a fee of 5s., and where the workman is unable to present himself for examination at the residence of, or other nearer place fixed by, the certifying surgeon, for every mile or portion thereof which the certifying surgeon is required to travel therefrom for the purpose of examining the workman, an additional fee of 1s.

(ii) For any certificate of suspension or refusal to suspend under Regulation 6, when the medical examination of the workman is made in pursuance of any special rules or regulations under the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, a fee of 2s.

(iii) For a copy of any certificate obtained under Regulation 8 a fee of 2s.

FEES PAYABLE TO THE EMPLOYER.

(iv) For any certificate of suspension or refusal to suspend obtained by the employer under Regulation 6, a fee of 3s.

(v) Where the employer applies under Regulation 7 for a certificate that the disease contracted is not due to the nature of the employment, in respect of every such application (to include the certificate, if given), a fee of 7s. 6d.

(vi) For a copy of any certificate obtained under Regulation 8, a fee of 3s.".

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 19th day of January, 1950.

(Signed) W. NORTON.

I consent to the making of the foregoing Regulations.

(Signed) P. McGILLIGAN,

Minister for Finance.