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Power by scheme to apply Act to workmen suffering from silicosis.
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79.—(1) The Minister may by scheme provide for the payment of compensation by the employers of workmen in any specified industry or process or group of industries or processes involving exposure to silica dust—
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(a) who are certified in such manner as may be appointed by the scheme to have suffered death or total disablement from the disease known as fibroid phthisis or silicosis of the lungs (in this section referred to as silicosis) or from that disease accompanied by tuberculosis; or
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(b) who, though not totally disabled, are found on medical examination to be suffering from silicosis, or from silicosis accompanied by tuberculosis, to such a degree as to make it dangerous to continue work in the industry or process, and are for that reason suspended from employment.
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(2) The scale of compensation fixed by the scheme in the case of death or total disablement due to silicosis or silicosis accompanied by tuberculosis shall be that fixed by this Act and in any other case shall be such as may be fixed by the scheme.
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(3) Provision may be made by the scheme—
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(a) for the establishment of a general compensation fund, to be administered either through a mutual trade insurance company or society of employers, or in such other manner as may be provided by the scheme;
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(b) for requiring employers to subscribe to the fund, and for the recovery of such subscriptions, and for the payment and recovery out of the fund of all compensation under the scheme, and of any expenses arising under the scheme which are directed by the scheme to be so paid, subject to such exceptions in special cases as may be made by the scheme;
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(c) for the settlement of claims and other matters arising under the scheme by committees representative of both employers and workmen, with an independent chairman, and for the procedure to be adopted before such committees;
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(d) for the appointment and remuneration of medical officers, medical boards and advisory medical bodies, and for their duties and powers in connection with the scheme;
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(e) for requiring workmen to whom the scheme applies:—
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(i) to submit themselves to such periodical medical examination as may be specified in the scheme; and
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(ii) to furnish such information with respect to their previous employment in any industry specified in the scheme, as involving exposure to silica dust as may be specified in the scheme;
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and for making the right of the workmen to compensation conditional on compliance with such requirements, and for the suspension from employment of workmen who are found at any time to be suffering from silicosis or tuberculosis, or silicosis accompanied by tuberculosis, or who, when first medically examined in pursuance of the scheme, are found unsuitable for work in the industry or process by reason of their failure to satisfy such requirements with respect to physique as may be prescribed by the scheme; and
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(f) for the application with the necessary modifications of any of the provisions of this Act, or of any enactment relating to compensation thereunder, and for defining the industries or processes to which the scheme applies; and generally for such further or supplemental matters, including provisions as to the determination of disputes arising between employers and the authority administering the fund, as appear necessary for giving full effect to the scheme.
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(4) Any scheme made under this section may be extended or varied by any subsequent scheme made in the like manner, and shall have effect as if enacted in this Act.
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(5) Every scheme made under this section shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas forthwith, and if a resolution is passed by either House within the next subsequent 21 days on which that House sits next after any such scheme is laid before it that such scheme be annulled, such scheme shall be annulled accordingly, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder.
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