Workers Compensation (Indexation) Amendment (No 2) Order 2019 (NSW)

New South Wales

Workers Compensation (Indexation)

Amendment (No 2) Order 2019

under the

Workers Compensation Act 1987

I, the chief executive of State Insurance Regulatory Authority, in pursuance of sections 79, 82,

82A and 82BA of the Workers Compensation Act 1987, make the following Order.

Dated, this tenth day of September 2019.

CARMEL DONNELLY

Chief executive of State Insurance Regulatory Authority

Explanatory note

The object of this Order is to declare increases in index numbers and adjustable amounts for the purposes of calculating various entitlements under the Workers Compensation Act 1987, the Workplace Injury

Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998 and the Workers’ Compensation (Dust Diseases) Act
1942.

This Order is made under sections 79 (definition of latest index number), 82(1), 82A(4) and 82BA(3) of the Workers Compensation Act 1987.

Workers Compensation (Indexation) Amendment (No 2) Order 2019 [NSW]

Workers Compensation (Indexation) Amendment (No 2) Order

2019

under the

Workers Compensation Act 1987

1      Name of Order

This Order is the Workers Compensation (Indexation) Amendment (No 2) Order

2019.

2      Commencement

This Order commences on the day on which it is published on the NSW legislation website.

Workers Compensation (Indexation) Amendment (No 2) Order 2019 [NSW]

Schedule 1 Amendment of Workers Compensation (Indexation) Order 2019

Schedule 1 Amendment of Workers Compensation
(Indexation) Order 2019

[1]      Clause 4 Meaning of “latest index number”

Omit the table. Insert instead—

Table

Column 1	Column 2
Adjustment date	Latest index number
1 April 2019	284.8
1 October 2019	287.2

[2]      Clause 5 Adjustable amounts—Workers compensation Acts

Omit the table. Insert instead—

Table

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Adjustment
Adjustable amount	date	Adjusted amount
$750,000 (section 25(1)(a) of the 1987	1 April 2019	$810,050
Act)
1 October 2019	$816,850
$66.60 (section 25(1)(b) of the 1987	1 April 2019	$145
Act)
1 October 2019	$146.20
$425,000 (section 25(1)(a) of the 1987	1 April 2019	$570,700
Act, as in force before its amendment by
1 October 2019	$575,500
the Workers Compensation Amendment
Act 2015)
$1,838.70 (section 34(1) of the 1987	1 April 2019	$2,177.40
Act)
1 October 2019	$2,195.70
$1,000 (section 35(1) of the 1987 Act, as	1 April 2019	$2,177.40
in force before its amendment by the
1 October 2019	$2,195.70
Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment Act 2012)
$235.20 (section 37(1)(a)(i) of the 1987	1 April 2019	$512.10
Act, as in force before its amendment by
1 October 2019	$516.40
the Workers Compensation Legislation
Amendment Act 2012)
$187.10 (section 37(1)(a)(ii) of the 1987	1 April 2019	$407.40
Act, as in force before its amendment by
1 October 2019	$410.80
the Workers Compensation Legislation
Amendment Act 2012)
$170 (section 37(1)(a)(iii) of the 1987	1 April 2019	$370.20
Act, as in force before its amendment by
1 October 2019	$373.30
the Workers Compensation Legislation
Amendment Act 2012)

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Schedule 1 Amendment of Workers Compensation (Indexation) Order 2019

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Adjustment
Adjustable amount	date	Adjusted amount
$153 (section 37(1)(a)(iii) of the 1987	1 April 2019	$333.10
Act, as in force before its amendment by
1 October 2019	$335.90
the Workers Compensation Legislation
Amendment Act 2012)
$62 (section 37(1)(b) of the 1987 Act, as	1 April 2019	$135
in force before its amendment by the
1 October 2019	$136.10
Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment Act 2012)
$44.30 (section 37(1)(c)(i) of the 1987	1 April 2019	$96.50
Act, as in force before its amendment by
1 October 2019	$97.30
the Workers Compensation Legislation
Amendment Act 2012)
$99.10 (section 37(1)(c)(i) of the 1987	1 April 2019	$215.80
Act, as in force before its amendment by
1 October 2019	$217.60
the Workers Compensation Legislation
Amendment Act 2012)
$164.16 (section 37(1)(c)(i) of the 1987	1 April 2019	$357.40
Act, as in force before its amendment by
1 October 2019	$360.40
the Workers Compensation Legislation
Amendment Act 2012)
$230.90 (section 37(1)(c)(i) of the 1987	1 April 2019	$502.80
Act, as in force before its amendment by
1 October 2019	$507.00
the Workers Compensation Legislation
Amendment Act 2012)
$66.60 (section 37(1)(c)(i) of the 1987	1 April 2019	$145
Act, as in force before its amendment by
1 October 2019	$146.20
the Workers Compensation Legislation
Amendment Act 2012)
$1,000 (section 40(2A)(a) and (b) of the	1 April 2019	$2,177.40
1987 Act, as in force before its
1 October 2019	$2,195.70
amendment by the Workers
Compensation Legislation Amendment Act 2012)
$76,700 (clause 2(2) of Part 3 of	1 April 2019	$167,050
Schedule 6 to the 1987 Act)
1 October 2019	$168,450
$38.30 (clause 2(3)(b) of Part 3 of	1 April 2019	$83.40
Schedule 6 to the 1987 Act)
1 October 2019	$84.10
$44.80 (clause 4(1)(b)(i) of Part 4 of	1 April 2019	$97.50
Schedule 6 to the 1987 Act)
1 October 2019	$98.40
$22.50 (clause 4(1)(b)(ii) of Part 4 of	1 April 2019	$49
Schedule 6 to the 1987 Act)
1 October 2019	$49.40
$196 (clause 4A(2)(a) of Part 4 of	1 April 2019	$426.80
Schedule 6 to the 1987 Act)
1 October 2019	$430.40
$155.90 (clause 4A(2)(b) of Part 4 of	1 April 2019	$339.50
Schedule 6 to the 1987 Act)
1 October 2019	$342.30

Workers Compensation (Indexation) Amendment (No 2) Order 2019 [NSW]

Schedule 1 Amendment of Workers Compensation (Indexation) Order 2019

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Adjustment
Adjustable amount	date	Adjusted amount
$141.60 (clause 4A(2)(c) of Part 4 of	1 April 2019	$308.30
Schedule 6 to the 1987 Act)
1 October 2019	$310.90
$127.50 (clause 4A(2)(c) of Part 4 of	1 April 2019	$277.60
Schedule 6 to the 1987 Act)
1 October 2019	$280.00
$341.30 (clause 7(2)(a) of Part 4 of	1 April 2019	$743.10
Schedule 6 to the 1987 Act)
1 October 2019	$749.40
$906.25 (clause 2 of Part 19H of	1 April 2019	$1,073.20
Schedule 6 to the 1987 Act)
1 October 2019	$1,082.20
$7,500 (section 297(2) of the 1998 Act)	1 April 2019	$9,389
1 October 2019	$9,468.10

[3]      Clause 6 Adjustable amounts—Workers’ Compensation (Dust Diseases) Act 1942

Omit the table. Insert instead—

Table

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Adjustment
Adjustable amount	date	Adjusted amount
$311,050 (section 8(2B)(b)(i)(C) of the	1 April 2019	$362,500
Workers’ Compensation (Dust Diseases)	1 October 2019	$365,550
Act 1942)
$137.30 (section 8(2B)(b)(ii) of the	1 April 2019	$299
Workers’ Compensation (Dust Diseases)	1 October 2019	$301.50
Act 1942)
$69.40 (section 8(2B)(b)(iii) of the	1 April 2019	$151.10
Workers’ Compensation (Dust Diseases)	1 October 2019	$152.40
Act 1942)

[4]      Clause 7 Variation of weekly payments

Omit the table. Insert instead—

Table

Column 1 Column 2

B

Review date	Number equating to factor	---- C
1 April 2019	1.0105
1 October 2019	1.0061

[5]      Clause 8 Indexation—compensation amount for workers with highest needs: section 82BA

Omit the table. Insert Instead—

Workers Compensation (Indexation) Amendment (No 2) Order 2019 [NSW]

Schedule 1 Amendment of Workers Compensation (Indexation) Order 2019

Table

Column 1	Column 2
Review date	Amount
1 April 2019	$840
1 October 2019	$845