Compensation (Commonwealth Government Employees) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1988 No. 1221

Compensation (Commonwealth Government Employees) Regulations2(Amendment)

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Compensation (Commonwealth Government Employees) Act 1971.

Dated 3 June 1988

N. M. STEPHEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

B. HOWE

Minister of State for Social Security

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Rate prescribed for the purposes of subsection 43 (5) of the Act

1. Regulation 27 of the Compensation (Commonwealth Government Employees) Regulations is amended by omitting “$23.10” and substituting “$24”.

Rate prescribed for the purposes of subsection 48 (1) of the Act

 2. Regulation 28 of the Compensation (Commonwealth Government Employees) Regulations is amended by omitting “$32.30” and substituting “$33.50”.

Schedule 4

 3. Schedule 4 to the Compensation (Commonwealth Government Employees) Regulations is repealed and the following Schedule substituted:

SCHEDULE 4Regulation 26

AMOUNTS OF COMPENSATION

 

Column 1   Item	Column 2   Provision of the Act	Column 3 Amount prescribed
$
1	Subsection 37 (3) …………………………….………………………	1,692.00
2	Subsection 39 (1) …………………………………………………….	59,980.00
3	Subsection 39 (7) …………………………………………………….	30,010.00
4	Subsection 40 (1) …………………………………………………….	30,010.0
5	Subsection 41 (1) …………………………………………………….	30,010.00
6	Paragraph 41 (6) (b) ………………………………………………….	30,010.00
7	Subsection 42 (1) …………………………………………………….	6,000.00
8	Subsection 42 (2) …………………………………………………….	6,000.0
9	Paragraph 43 (3) (a) ………………………………………………….	59,980.0
10	Paragraph 43 (4) (a) ………………………………………………….	59,980.00
11	Paragraph 43 (7) (b) ………………………………………………….	2,400.0
12	Subsection 44 (1) ……………….……………………………………	1,550.0
13	Paragraph 45 (2) (a) ………………………………………………….	192.80
14	Subsection 45 (3) ……………………………………………………	50.50
15	Subsection 45 (4) …………………………………………………….	24.00
16	Subparagraph 46 (2) (a) (i) ……………………..……………………	192.80

Application

 4. The amendments effected by these Regulations apply in relation to:

• (a)

  weekly payments of compensation under the Compensation (Commonwealth Government Employees) Act 1971 in respect of any period commencing after 12 June 1988; and

• (b)

  payments of compensation (other than weekly payments) under that Act in respect of:

  • (i)

    an injury that occurs to an employee after 12 June 1988; or

  • (ii)

    a loss or event that occurs after 12 June 1988 resulting from any other injury to an employee.

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 10 June 1988.

2. Statutory Rules 1971 No. 112 as amended to date. For previous amendments see Note 2 to Statutory Rules 1988 No. 72 and see also