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469 PDFTitle:OCCUPATIONAL DEAFNESS (COMPENSATION) ORDINANCEGazette Number:L.N. 17 of 2010
Section:27GHeading:Direct payment of expenses and reimbursement of expenses*Version Date:16/04/2010

(1) Subject to section 30A, if an applicant is entitled to any amount pursuant to a determination made under section 27E(1)(a)(ii) or (b)(ii), the Board must¡X

        (a) if the application relates to reimbursement of expenses, pay the amount to the applicant within a period of 21 days beginning on the date of the notice issued to the applicant under section 27E(2);
        (b) if the application relates to direct payment of expenses, pay the amount directly to the device provider as soon as reasonably practicable after the date mentioned in subsection (3A) or the expiry of a period of 14 days beginning on the date of the notice mentioned in paragraph (a), whichever is the later. (Replaced 6 of 2010 s. 19)
(2) Where a request has been made for the review of a determination of the Board under section 27F(1), subsection (1) does not apply in respect of any amount payable under the determination. (Amended 6 of 2010 s. 19)
(3) Subject to section 30A¡X
        (a) any amount payable to an applicant at the conclusion of a review must be paid within a period of 21 days beginning on the date of the notice issued to the applicant under section 27F(5); and
        (b) any amount that the Board must, at the conclusion of a review, pay for the applicant directly to the device provider must be paid as soon as reasonably practicable after the date of the notice issued to the applicant under section 27F(5) or the date mentioned in subsection (3A), whichever is the later. (Replaced 6 of 2010 s. 19)
(3A) The date referred to in subsections (1)(b) and (3)(b) is¡X
        (a) if the hearing assistive device is to be acquired by the applicant from the device provider, the date when the device provider satisfies the Board that the hearing assistive device has been acquired by the applicant; or
        (b) if the hearing assistive device is to be fitted, repaired or maintained by the device provider, the date when the device provider satisfies the Board that the hearing assistive device so fitted, repaired or maintained has been returned to the applicant. (Added 6 of 2010 s. 19)
(4) Any amount of reimbursement of expenses that remains unpaid at the expiry of the period prescribed in subsection (1) or (3) is to carry simple interest as from the date of such expiry until such time as it is paid, calculated at the rate determined from time to time by the Chief Justice for the purposes of section 49(1)(b) of the High Court Ordinance (Cap 4). (Amended 6 of 2010 s. 19)
(Part VIIA added 16 of 2003 s. 12)

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* (Amended 6 of 2010 s. 19)