Law Amendment and Reform (Consolidation) Ordinance

(1)
Without prejudice to subsection (2), this Part applies in
                respect of births after (but not before) the
                    commencement
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of this Part, and in respect of any such birth it replaces any law in force before
                such commencement whereby a person could be liable to a child in respect of
                disabilities with which it might be born; but in
section 22B(3)
the
                expression
liable
                    in
                tort
(
承擔侵權責任
) does not include any reference to
                liability by virtue of this Part, or to liability by virtue of any such law.
[cf. 1976 c. 28 s. 4(5)
                    U.K.]
(2)
Section 22B
does not affect the operation of the Nuclear Material (Liability for Carriage) Ordinance (
Cap. 479
), as to liability for, and compensation in respect of, injury or damage caused by occurrences involving nuclear matter or the emission of ionising radiations.
(Amended
45 of 1995 s. 15
)
(3)
In this Part,
born
(
出生
) means born alive (the moment of a
                child’s birth being when it first has a life separate from its mother), and
birth
(出生) has a corresponding meaning.
(4)
References in this Part to a child being born disabled or with disabilities are to its being born with any deformity, disease or abnormality, including predisposition (whether or not susceptible of immediate prognosis) to physical or mental defect in the future.