Seamen's Compensation Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1988 No. 3301

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Seamen’s Compensation 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 Seamen’s Compensation Act 1911.

Dated 1 December 1988.

N. M. STEPHEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

B. HOWE

Minister of State for Social Security

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Amounts prescribed for the purposes of certain provisions of the Act

1. Regulation 118 of the Seamen’s Compensation Regulations is amended by omitting the table and substituting the following table:

AMOUNTS OF COMPENSATION

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Item	Provision of the Act	Amount prescribed
$
1	Subsection 5b (1)............................................................................	61,540.00
2	Subsection 5d (1)...........................................................................	61,540.00
3	Clause (1) (a) (iii) of Schedule 1.................................................	1,590.00
4	Clause (1) (b) (i) of Schedule 1...................................................	51.80
5	Clause (1) (b) (ii) of Schedule 1..................................................	24.60
6	Subclause (1) (c) (i) (B) of Schedule 1.......................................	197.80
7	Paragraph (10a) of Schedule 1....................................................	2,460.00

Amounts prescribed for the purposes of clause (1) (a) (i) of Schedule 1 to the Act

2. Regulation 119 of the Seamen’s Compensation Regulations is amended:

(a) by omitting from paragraph (a) “$59,980” and substituting “$61,540”; and

(b) by omitting from paragraph (b) “$24” and substituting “$24.60”.

Amount prescribed for the purposes of subparagraph (1) (b) of Schedule 1 to the Act

3. Regulation 120 of the Seamen’s Compensation Regulations is amended by omitting “$192.80” and substituting “$197.80”.

Application

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

(a) weekly payments of compensation under the Seamen’s Compensation Act 1911 in respect of any period commencing after 12 December 1988; and

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

(i) an injury sustained, or a disease suffered, by a seaman after 12 December 1988; or

(ii) a loss or event that occurs after 12 December 1988 resulting from any other injury sustained, or disease suffered, by a seaman.

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 8 December 1988.

2. Statutory Rules 1926 No. 135 as amended to date. For previous amendments see Note 2 to Statutory Rules 1988 No. 123 and see also