Seamen's Compensation Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1986 No. 3471

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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 20 November 1986.

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 No.	Provision of the Act	Amount prescribed
$
1	Sub-section 5b (1)..........................................	54,620.00
2	Sub-section 5d (1)..........................................	54,620.00
3	Clause (1) (a) (iii) of Schedule 1......................	1,410.00
4	Clause (1) (b) (i) of Schedule 1........................	46.00
5	Clause (1) (b) (ii) of Schedule 1.......................	21.90
6	Sub-clause (1) (c) (i) (b) of Schedule 1..............	175.50
7	Paragraph (10a) of Schedule 1.........................	2,190.00

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) “$52,980” and substituting “$54,620”; and

(b) by omitting from paragraph (b) “$21.20” and substituting “$21.90”.

Amount prescribed for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) (b) of Schedule 1 to the Act

3. Regulation 120 of the Seamen’s Compensation Regulations is amended by omitting “$170.20” and substituting “$175.50”.

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 1986; and

(b) payments of compensation (other than weekly payments) under the Seamen’s Compensation Act 1911 in respect of—

(i) an injury sustained, or a disease suffered, by a seaman after 12 December 1986; or

(ii) a loss or event that occurs after 12 December 1986 resulting from any other injury sustained, or disease suffered, by a seaman.

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 28 November 1986.

2. Statutory Rules 1926 No. 135 as amended to date. For previous amendments seeNote 2 to Statutory Rules 1986 No. 81 andsee also