Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SEAMEN'S COMPENSATION AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1979 No. 112, 1979 - SECT 4

4. (1) The Principal Act is amended as set out in the Schedule.

(2) Where, immediately before the commencement of this section, a person was
receiving, or was entitled to receive, weekly payments in accordance with the
Principal Act, he is, after that commencement, entitled to receive weekly
payments in accordance with the Principal Act as amended by this section.

(3) Where, immediately before the commencement of this section, weekly
payments in accordance with the Principal Act would have been payable to a
seaman in respect of an injury or disease but for the fact that he was not
then incapacitated for work or but for the operation of clause (2) (b) (ii) or
paragraph (4) or (4A) of Schedule 1 to that Act, and, after that commencement,
he becomes incapacitated for work as a result of the injury or disease or that
clause or that paragraph ceases to have effect in relation to him, weekly
payments in respect of that injury or disease shall be in accordance with the
Principal Act as amended by this section.

(4) Where, after the commencement of this section, death results from an
injury or disease in respect of which compensation was payable before that
commencement under the Principal Act, compensation shall be paid in respect of
that death in accordance with the Principal Act as amended by this section.

(5) Where weekly payments that, by virtue of sub-section (2), have become
payable in respect of a child in accordance with clause (1) (a) (i) of
Schedule 1 to the Principal Act as amended by this section cease to be so
payable, any additional amount of compensation payable in respect of that
child shall be payable in accordance with that Act as so amended.

(6) Where, immediately before the commencement of this section, a seaman was
receiving, was entitled to receive or, but for the operation of clause (2) (b)
(ii) or paragraph (4) or (4A) of Schedule 1 to the Principal Act, would have
been entitled to receive, weekly payments in accordance with that Schedule in
respect of an injury or injuries or a disease, the provisions of section 5D of
the Principal Act as amended by this section apply in relation to the injury,
injuries or disease.
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