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New South Wales
Workers Compensation Amendment
(Permanent Impairment Benefits)
Bill 2006
Contents
Page
1 Name of Act 2
2 Commencement 2
3 Amendment of Workers Compensation Act 1987 No 70 2
4 Repeal of Act 2
Schedule 1 Amendments 3
I certify that this PUBLIC BILL, which originated in the LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY,
has finally passed the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL and the LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY of
NEW SOUTH WALES.
Clerk of the Legislative Assembly.
Legislative Assembly,
Sydney, , 2006
New South Wales
Workers Compensation Amendment
(Permanent Impairment Benefits)
Bill 2006
Act No , 2006
An Act to amend the Workers Compensation Act 1987 to provide for an increase in
certain benefits paid to workers who receive injuries that result in permanent
impairment; and for related purposes.
I have examined this Bill, and find it to correspond in all respects with the Bill
as finally passed by both Houses.
Chairman of Committees of the Legislative Assembly.
Workers Compensation Amendment (Permanent Impairment Benefits)
Clause 1 Bill 2006
The Legislature of New South Wales enacts:
1 Name of Act
This Act is the Workers Compensation Amendment (Permanent
Impairment Benefits) Act 2006.
2 Commencement
This Act commences on 1 January 2007.
3 Amendment of Workers Compensation Act 1987 No 70
The Workers Compensation Act 1987 is amended as set out in
Schedule 1.
4 Repeal of Act
(1) This Act is repealed on the day following the day on which this Act
commences.
(2) The repeal of this Act does not, because of the operation of section 30
of the Interpretation Act 1987, affect any amendment made by this Act.
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Workers Compensation Amendment (Permanent Impairment Benefits)
Bill 2006
Amendments Schedule 1
Schedule 1 Amendments
(Section 3)
[1] Section 66 Entitlement to compensation for permanent impairment
Omit "$1,250" from section 66 (2) (a). Insert instead "$1,375".
[2] Section 66 (2) (b)
Omit "$12,500". Insert instead "$13,750".
[3] Section 66 (2) (b)
Omit "$1,500". Insert instead "$1,650".
[4] Section 66 (2) (c)
Omit "$27,500". Insert instead "$30,250".
[5] Section 66 (2) (c)
Omit "$2,500". Insert instead "$2,750".
[6] Section 66 (2) (d)
Omit "$77,500". Insert instead "$85,250".
[7] Section 66 (2) (d)
Omit "$3,500". Insert instead "$3,850".
[8] Section 66 (2) (e)
Omit "$200,000". Insert instead "$220,000".
[9] Section 66 (2A), Examples 1 and 2
Omit the examples. Insert instead:
Example 1. A person suffers 10% permanent impairment. Under
subsection (2), the amount of permanent impairment compensation to
which he or she is entitled is $13,750 (10 � $1,375). If the whole of the
impairment is to the back, the compensation payable in relation to the
back will be the whole $13,750. Under this subsection, that $13,750 will
be increased by 5%, yielding $14,437.50.
Example 2. A person suffers 50% permanent impairment. Under
subsection (2), the amount of permanent impairment compensation to
which he or she is entitled is $123,750 ($85,250 + (10 � $3,850)). If
two-thirds of the impairment is to the back, the compensation payable in
relation to the back will be two-thirds of $123,750, or $82,500. Under this
subsection, that $82,500 will be increased by 5%, yielding $86,625. The
total compensation payable for the impairment will therefore be
$127,875.
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Workers Compensation Amendment (Permanent Impairment Benefits)
Bill 2006
Schedule 1 Amendments
[10] Schedule 6 Savings, transitional and other provisions
Omit the heading to Part 6. Insert instead:
Part 6 Provisions relating to compensation for
non-economic loss
[11] Schedule 6, Part 6
Insert after clause 20:
21 2006 amendments to section 66 relating to permanent impairment
benefits
Section 66, as amended by the Workers Compensation
Amendment (Permanent Impairment Benefits) Act 2006:
(a) applies to a worker who receives an injury on or after the
date of commencement of that Act (being 1 January 2007),
and
(b) does not apply to a worker who received an injury before
that date.
[12] Schedule 6, Part 20
Insert at the end of clause 1 (1):
Workers Compensation Amendment (Permanent Impairment
Benefits) Act 2006
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