Workmen’S Compensation Act · 1984 Revised Edition · Part III
Section 47
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
His Majesty in Council may make regulations for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
In particular, and without prejudice to the gener-ality of the foregoing, such regulations may provide for
the limitations subject to which officers appointed to exercise powers and perform duties conferred and imposed on the Commissioner may exercise and perform such powers and duties;
the intervals at which and conditions subject to which a workman may be required to submit himself for examination by a registered medical practitioner under sections 5 and 15;
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the manner in which money in the hands of the Commissioner may be invested for the benefit of the dependants of a deceased workman under section 10;
the form of notice which an employer is re-quired to give to the Commissioner under subsec-tion (2) of section 13;
the procedure for the review of compensa-tion by the Commissioner or an arbitrator when the injured workman declines treatment under subsection (6) of section 15 or declines treatment in either an approved or a special hospital;
the intervals at which and the conditions subject to which an application for review may be made under subsection (4) of section 16 and under section 17;
the procedure to be followed when a reg-istered medical practitioner who has examined a workman certifies that treatment in either an approved or a special hospital is necessary under subsection (1) or subsection (2) respectively of sec-tion 16 and the procedure for the payment of hos-pital fees and the cost of artificial limbs and surgic-al appliances under subsection (3) of that section;
the procedure for receiving and disposing of money owing to deceased workmen by their em-ployers under section 26;
the manner in which security is to be fur-nished under subsection (2) of section 27;
the procedure to be followed in investiga-tions or inquiries under section 29;
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the form and manner in which memoranda or agreements shall be presented and recorded under section 30;
fees under subsection (5) of section 32;
the procedure for the choosing of an arbit-rator of persons possessed of special knowledge to assist him under section 35;
scales of the costs which may be allowed for proceedings under this Act before an arbitrator under section 40;
( o) the procedure for the transfer of money out of Brunei and for the receipt of money into Brunei under section 45;
the transfer of any money in the hands of the Commissioner or for the receipt and adminis-tration by the Commissioner of any money applic-able for the benefit of a person resident or about to reside in any territory to which section 45 applies or Brunei respectively;
the representation in proceedings before an arbitrator of parties who are subject to legal dis-ability or are unable for other reasons to appear persona11y;
legal aid to workmen in difficult cases;
the maintenance by the Commissioners and by arbitrators of registers and records of proceed-ings before them;
the manner in which Deputy Commissioners and Assistant Commissioners shall perform their duties and exercise their powers and in particular
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Commissioner or Assistant Commissioner or to the Commissioner of any pending matter or case and of any money deposited in connection there-with;
the withholding by the Commissioner, in whole or in part, of periodical payments pending decision of an application to review the same;
( v) prescribing any matter which is required by this Act to be prescribed.
Terms defined in s 3
arbitrator
Defined · s 3"arbitrator" means a person appointed by His Majesty by notification in the Gazette to be an arbitrator for workmen's compensation; the "Commissioner'' means the Commissioner of Labour appointed under section 3 of the Labour Act…
employer
Defined · s 3"employer" includes - (a) the Government; (b) any statutory body or authority; (c) any person or body of person whether in-corporate or not; (d) the legal personal representative of a de-ceased employer; and (e) in relation to a person employed for the pur-pose of any game or recreation and engaged or paid through a club, the manager or members of the managing committee of such club; and where the services of a workman are tempor-arily lent or let on hire to another person by the person with whom the workman has entered into a contract of employment, the latter shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to continue to be the employer of the workman whilst he is working for that other person;
registered medical practitioner
Defined · s 3"registered medical practitioner" means a medical practitioner registered or exempted from registra-tion under the provisions of any written law relat-ing to the registration of medical practitioners from time to time in force in Brunei;
special hospital
Defined · s 3"special hospital" means a hospital declared to be such under subsection (2) of section 16;