MALAWI:   WORKERS' COMPANSETION ACT, 2000                                                     MALAWI SDNP
 

 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
SECTION 
             PART I-PRELIMINARY 
 
1.           Short title and commencement 
2.           Meaning of "worker" 
3.           Interpretation 
 
              PART II - ELIGIBILITY FOR COMPENSATION IN CASE OF INJURY   
              OTHER  THAN THE CONTRACTION OF A SCHEDULED DISEASE 
 
4.           Employer's liability for compensation for death or incapacity due to injury other than 
              the contraction of a scheduled disease 
5.           Compensation, how paid and by whom 
6.           Workers engaged on business outside Malawi, etc. 
 
              PART 111-COMPENSATION FOR INJURY CAUSED OTHERWISE          
              THAN BY  THE CONTRACTION OF A SCHEDULED DISEASE  
 
7.           Compensation in fatal cases 
8.           Compensation in the case of permanent total incapacity 
9.           Compensation in the case of permanent partial incapacity 
10.         Minister may prescribe maximum amounts of compensation 
              payable under this Act 
 
            PART IV-CALCULATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF COMPENSATION 
 
11.       Method of calculating earnings 
12.       Persons entitled to compensation 
13.       Distribution of compensation 
 
             PART V-MEDICAL AID 
 
14.       Medical expenses 
15.       Decisions of the Board in regard to medical aid 
 
            PART VI - COMPENSATION FOR INJURY DUE TO THE   
            CONTRACTION OF SCHEDULED DISEASES  
 
16.       Compensation where incapacity or death due to a scheduled disease  
17.        Employer's liability to pay compensation in case of incapacity or death due to 
             scheduled disease 
18.        Special provisions relating to incapacity or death due to scheduled diseases  
19.        Presumption as to cause of a scheduled disease  
20.        Right of worker to proceed against previous employer 
21.        Minister to amend Second Schedule  
22.        Pre-engagement clinical test for scheduled diseases  
 
             PART VII-PROCEDURE FOR OBTAINING COMPENSATION 
 
23.        Requirements as to notice of injury and application for cornsensation 
24.        Employers to report injuries 
25.        Medical examination and treatment 
26.        Dependants of deceased worker 
 
             PART VIII-ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BOARD  
 
27.       Establishment and composition of the Board 
28.       Tenure of Office of the members of the Board and vacancies thereon 
29.       Remuneration of members of the Board  
30.       Secretary 
31.       Meeting of the Board  
32.       Committees of the Board  
33.       Functions of the Board  
34.       Regulations  
 
            PART IX-ADMINISTRATION  
 
35.      Appointment of Commissioner and other staff  
36.      Duties and functions of the Commissioner 
37.      Powers of inspection and investigation 
38.      Secrecy  
39.      Revision of compensation by the Commissioner  
40.      Powers of the Commissioner in respect of witness, etc. 
41.      Objections by workers or employers against decisions of the Commissioner 
42.      Objections on behalf of dependents in case of death of a worker  
43.      Formal inquiry by the Commissioner 
44.      Appeal against a decision of the Commissioner made under section 36  
45.      Suspension of obligation  
46.      Commissioner may state a case for High Court 
47.      Commissioner may submit court's decision to the High Court  
48.      Assessors 
49.      Applications for the Commissioner's determination by interested parties 
50.      Enforcement of determinations of the Commissioner  
51.      Appeals to the High Court  
 
           PART X-APPEAL 
 
52.      Establishment of Workers' Compensation Tribunal  
53.      Proceedings of Workers' Compensation Tribunal 
54.      Appeals to Workers' Compensation Tribunal 
55.      Powers of Workers' Compensation Tribunal 
56.      Appeal from Workers' Compensation Tribunal  
 
           PART XI-WORKERS' COMPENSATION FUND  
 
57.      Establishment of the Workers' Compensation Fund 
58.      Application of the Fund 
59.      Holding of assets of the Fund 
60.      Accounts and audit 
61.      Liability to assessment  
 
          PART XII-GENERAL   
 
62.     Remedies against both employer and stranger 
63.     Proceedings independently of this Act 
64.     Provisions in case of bankruptcy of employer 
65.     Contracting out 
66.     Compensation not to be assigned, charged or attached  
67.     General penalty 
68.     Offences relating to records and returns 
69.     Other laws 
70.     Transitional 
71.      Repeal and savings 
 
           First Schedule 
          Second Schedule
An Act to provide for compensation for injuries suffered or diseases contracted by workers in the course of their employment or for death resulting from such injuries or diseases; to 
provide for the establishment and administration of a Workers' Compensation Fund; and to 
provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto 
 
ENACTED by the Parliament of Malawi
 
MALAWI:   WORKERS' COMPANSETION ACT, 2000                                                     MALAWI SDNP