| Document ID (ISN) | 66399 |
| CIS number |
96-398 |
| Year |
1973 |
| Convention or series no. |
Act No.78 of 1973
|
| Title |
Occupational Diseases in Mines and Works Act [South Africa] |
| Original title |
Wet of Bedryfsiektes in Myne en Bedrywe [in Afrikaans] |
| Bibliographic information |
In: Statutes of the Republic of South Africa, 1994, p.1171-1276. |
| Abstract |
The original Act was assented to on 19 June 1973, and it commenced on 1 Oct. 1973. This version incorporates all amendments up to and including the Amendment Act No.208 of 1993. Contents: definitions (the following are defined as compensable diseases, if relatable to risk work: pneumoconiosis, tuberculosis, permanent obstruction of the airways, permanent cardio-respiratory disease, progressive systemic sclerosis); establishment and functions of the Medical Bureau for Occupational Diseases; control (supervision) and risk determination in mines and mine works; certificates of fitness, and medical and other examinations; certification of compensable diseases; appointment and functions of the Compensation Commissioner for Occupational Diseases and organization of the Compensation Fund; determination of compensation payments; research and special medical treatment; making of regulations. Certain laws, in particular the Pneumoconiosis Compensation Act, 1962, are repealed. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
compensation of occupational diseases; mining and quarrying; workmen's compensation; South Africa |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
obstructive ventilatory impairment; tuberculosis; pneumoconiosis with tuberculosis; law; hazard evaluation; expertise; pneumoconiosis |
| Document type |
A - Laws, regulations, directives |
| Country / State or Province | South Africa |
| Subject(s) |
Laws
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Mining and quarrying
Workers' compensation
Bacterial and parasitic diseases
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