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WORKERS COMPENSATION AMENDMENT (PERMANENT IMPAIRMENT BENEFITS) ACT 2006 - 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:

Note: 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.

Note: 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.

[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

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