Workers’ Compensation (Dust Diseases) Act 1942

All persons who prior to the commencement of this Act were in receipt of payments as “hard luck” cases or ex-beneficiaries from the Fund established under the Workmen’s Compensation (Silicosis) Scheme, No 1 of 1938, as amended by subsequent schemes, in accordance with any decision of the committee administering such scheme shall, where such payments were, immediately before the commencement of Part 2 of the Workers’ Compensation (Dust Diseases) Amendment Act 1967, being continued under this section as enacted immediately before that commencement, be entitled to continue to receive such payments from the Fund established under this Act, in accordance with such decision until such time as such payments are diminished or terminated by the Authority.

As from the date of the commencement of the Workers’ Compensation (Silicosis) Amendment Act 1942, the persons mentioned in subsection (1), and their dependants, shall be deemed to be entitled to receive compensation payments in accordance with the provisions of this Act.