Seamen's Compensation Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1983 No. 2341

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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 October 1983.

N. M STEPHEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

D. J. GRIMES

Minister of State for Social Security

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Principal Regulations

1. In these Regulations “Principal Regulations” means the Seamen’s Compensation Regulations.

Amounts prescribed for the purposes of certain provisions of the Act

2. Regulation 118 of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting the table and substituting the following table:

AMOUNTS OF COMPENSATION

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Item	Provision	Amount prescribed
$
1	Sub-section 5b (1)....................................................	44,010.00
2	Sub-section 5d (1)....................................................	44,010.00
3	Clause (1) (a) (iii) of Schedule 1................................	1,140.00
4	Clause (1) (b) (i) of Schedule 1..................................	37.00
5	Clause (1) (b) (ii) of Schedule 1.................................	17.60
6	Clause (1) (c) (i) of Schedule 1..................................	141.30
7	Paragraph (10a ) of Schedule 1.................................	1,760.00

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

3. Regulation 119 of the Principal Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (a) “$42,000” and substituting “$44,010”; and

(b) by omitting from paragraph (b) “$16.80” and substituting “$17.60”.

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

4. Regulation 120 of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting “$134.85” and substituting “$141.30”.

Application

5. 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 on or after 1 November 1983; 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 on or after 1 November 1983; or

(ii) a loss or event that occurs on or after 1 November 1983 resulting from any other injury sustained, or disease suffered, by a seaman.

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 28 October 1983.

2. Statutory Rules 1926 No. 135 as amended to date. For previous amendments seeNote 2 to Statutory Rules 1983 No. 51 and see also