Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act

 Chapter I: Interpretation of Act

 1. Definitions

 Chapter II: Administration of Act

 2. Staff to assist Director-General

 3. Delegation of powers and assignment of duties by Director-General

 4. Functions of Director-General

 5. Power of Director-General to acquire and alienate Immovable property and to raise money

 6. Powers of Director-General regarding witnesses and subpoenas

 6A. Functions of commissioner

 7. Powers of authorised person

 8. Assessors

 9. Compensation payable to assessors

 10. Compensation Board

 11. Composition of Board

 12. Functions of Board

 13. Term of office and remuneration of members of Board

 14. Meetings of Board

 Chapter III: Compensation fund and Reserve Fund

 15. Compensation fund

 16. Application of compensation fund

 17. Valuation of compensation fund

 18. Accounting

 19. Reserve fund

 20. Accounts and audit

 21. Income of funds exempt from tax

 Chapter IV: Compensation for Occupational Injuries

 22. Right of employee to compensation

 23. Accidents outside Republic

 24. Application of Act to seamen and airmen

 25. Accidents during training for or performance of emergency services

 26. Special circumstances in which Director-General may refuse award

 27. Special circumstances in which Director-General may make award

 28. Employee requiring constant help

 29 Liability for payment of compensation

 30 Mutual associations

 31. Security for payment of compensation and cost of medical aid...

 32. Compensation may not be alienated or reduced

 33. Cession or relinquishment of benefits void

 34. Compensation not to term part of deceased employee's estate

 35. Substitution of compensation for other legal remedies

 36. Recovery of damages and compensation paid from third parties

 37. Threats and compulsion

 Chapter V: Claims for Compensation

 38. Notice of accident by employee to employer

 39. Notice of accident by employer to commissioner

 40. Inquiry by Director-General Into accident

 41. Particulars in support of claim

 42. Employee to submit to medical examination

 43. Claim for compensation

 44. Prescription

 45. Consideration of claim

 46. Appearance of parties

 Chapter VI: Determination and Calculation of Compensation

 47. Compensation for temporary total or partial disablement

 48. Expiry of compensation for temporary total or partial disablement

 49. Compensation for permanent disablement

 50. Amendment of Schedule 2

 51. Compensation for permanent disablement of employee in training or under 26 years of age

 52. Payment of lump sum in lieu of pension

 53. Compensation to employee previously in receipt of compensation

 54. Amount of compensation if employee dies

 55. Amendment of Schedule 4

 56. Increased compensation due to negligence of employer

 57. Increase of monthly pensions

 58. Advances on compensation

 59. Control over payment of compensation

 60. Pensioner resident outside Republic

 61. Recovery of compensation or other benefits

 62. Provisional settlements

 63. Manner of calculating earnings

 64. Certain compensation to employers prohibited

 Chapter VII: Occupational Diseases

 65. Compensation for occupational diseases

 66. Presumption regarding cause of occupational disease

 67. Calculation of compensation

 68. Notice of occupational disease by employee and employer

 69. Amendment of Schedule 3

 70. Appointment of medical advisory panels

 Chapter VIII: Medical Aid

 71. First aid

 72. Conveyance of injured employee

 73. Medical expenses

 74. Submission of medical report

 75. Director-General to decide on need for, and nature and sufficiency of, medical aid

 76. Fees for medical aid

 77. Contributions by employees towards cost of medical aid prohibited

 78. Medical aid provided by employers

 79. Consultation of representative medical authorities by Director-General

 Chapter IX: Obligations of Employers

 80. Employer to register with commissioner and to furnish him with particulars

 81. Employer to keep record

 82. Employer to furnish returns of earnings

 83. Assessment of employer

 84. Certain employers exempt from assessment

 85. Variation of tariff of assessment

 86. Assessment to be paid by employer to commissioner

 87. Failure to pay assessment or other moneys

 88. Contributions by employers individually liable and mutual associations

 89. Mandators and contractors

 Chapter X: Legal Procedures

 90. Review of decisions by Director-General

 91. Objections and appeal against decisions of Director-General

 92. Director-General may state case for Supreme Court

 93. Evidence

 Chapter XI: General

 94. Arrangements with foreign states regarding compensation

 95. Certain documents exempt from stamp duty

 96. Disclosure of information

 97. Regulations

 98. False statements

 99. Penalties

 100. Repeal of laws

 101. Short title and commencement

 Schedules

 Schedule 1: Laws Repealed

 Schedule 2: Injury

 Schedule 3: Diseases

 Schedule 4: Manner of calculating compensation

 Regulations

 Regulations under the COID Act

 1. Calculation of earnings [section 83(4)]

 2. Percentage fine [section 87(1)]

 3. Allowances payable under section 6(6)

 4. Remuneration and travelling and subsistence allowances of assessors [section 8(6)]

 5. Compensation payable to assessors [section 9(1)]

 6. Remuneration and travelling and subsistence allowances of members of Compensation Board

 7. Commutation of Pension [section 52]

 8. Copy of record [section 45(7)]

 9. Disposal of unclaimed moneys [section 97(1)(f)]

 10. Moneys payable to medical practitioners [sections 42(2), 52 and 97(1)(b)]

 11. Remuneration and travelling and subsistence allowance of members...

 12. First aid [section 71]

 13. Commencement

 Rules and Particulars

 Rules and Particulars

 1. Application for increased compensation (section 56)

 2. Registration of employers [section 80]

 3. Return of earnings [section 82(1)]

 4. Notice of accident by the employer [section 39(1) and (5)]

 5. Notice of accident and claim for compensation [sections 38(1) and 43(1)]

 6. Notice of an occupational disease and claim for compensation [section 65(6) and 68(1)]

 7. Notice of an occupational disease by the employer [section 68(2)]

 8. Witnesses [sections 6 and 45]

 9. Objection against decision of Commissioner [section 91]

 10. Submission of medical reports [section 74]

 11. Orders by Commissioner [sections 61(1), 77(2) and 87(4)]

 Other particulars

 Notice of formal hearing [section 45(2)]

 Scale of Fees

 Notes

 General Rules Governing the Tariff

 Rules Governing this Specific Section of the Tariff

 General Modifiers Governing the Tariff

 Injections, Infusions and Inhalation Sedation

 Administration of Anaesthetic

 Post-Operative Alleviation of Pain

 Musculo-Skeletal System

 Modifier Governing combined Procedures on the Spine

 Modifier Governing the Subsection Replantation Operation

 Modifier Governing the Section Larynx

 Modifier Governing the Subsection Intensive Respiratory Therapy

 Modifier Governing Gastroenterology Procedures

 Modifier Governing Fees for Fibre Optic Procedures

 Specific Modifier: Section on Physical Treatment

 Modifier Governing the Section Medical Psychotherapy

 Modifiers Governing the Section Diagnostic Radiology

 Specific Modifier Governing Vascular Studies

 Modifiers Governing Ultrasonic Investigations

 Modifier Governing Interventional Radiological Procedures

 Modifiers Governing the Section Radiation Oncology

 Modifiers Governing the Section Pathology

 Anaesthesiologist Operating Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump

 II. Cost of Material

 IV. Travelling Expenses

 V. Unit Values