Workers Compensation (Indexation) Amendment Order 2019 (NSW)

New South Wales

Workers Compensation (Indexation)

Amendment Order 2019

under the

Workers Compensation Act 1987

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

82F of the Workers Compensation Act 1987, make the following Order.

Dated, this 20th day of June 2019.

CARMEL DONNELLY

Chief executive of State Insurance Regulatory Authority

Explanatory note

The object of this Order is to notify increases in adjusted amounts for the purposes of calculating entitlements to compensation under the Workers Compensation Act 1987 (including permanent impairment compensation and weekly payments of compensation for more than 130 weeks).

This Order is made under sections 82B (2) and 82F (3) of the Workers Compensation Act 1987.

Workers Compensation (Indexation) Amendment Order 2019 [NSW]

Workers Compensation (Indexation) Amendment Order 2019

under the

Workers Compensation Act 1987

1      Name of Instrument

This Order is the Workers Compensation (Indexation) Amendment Order 2019.

2      Commencement

This Order commences on 1 July 2019 and is required to be published on the NSW legislation website.

Workers Compensation (Indexation) Amendment Order 2019 [NSW]

Schedule 1 Amendment of Workers Compensation (Indexation) Order 2019

Schedule 1 Amendment of Workers Compensation
(Indexation) Order 2019

[1]      Clause 7A

Insert after clause 7:

7A Indexation of certain amounts—according to average weekly earnings: section
82B

For the purposes of section 82B (2) of the 1987 Act, the amount specified in the Table to this clause in respect of a financial year is declared to be the amount that is to apply for that financial year as the amount specified in sections 38, 40 and 41 of the 1987 Act.

Table

Column 1	Column 2
Financial year	Amount
2019–2020	$196

[2]      Clause 9

Insert after clause 8:

9      Indexation—compensation for permanent impairment: section 82F

(1)	This clause applies for the purposes of section 82F (3) of the 1987 Act.
(2)	The adjusted amount (or amounts, respectively) specified in Column 3 of the Table to this clause in respect of a financial year is declared to be the amount (or amounts, respectively) that applies for that financial year in respect of the provision of the 1987 Act specified opposite in Column 1.

Table

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provision of 1987 Act	Financial year	Adjusted amount
Section 66 (2) (a) (impairment	2019–2020	$20,950 and $3,150,
greater than 10% but not greater than	respectively
30%)
Section 66 (2) (b) (impairment	2019–2020	$83,880 and $5,190,
greater than 30% but not greater than	respectively
50%)
Section 66 (2) (c) (impairment	2019–2020	$259,600
greater than 50% but not greater than 55%)
Section 66 (2) (d) (impairment	2019–2020	$331,480
greater than 55% but not greater than 60%)
Section 66 (2) (e) (impairment	2019–2020	$403,370
greater than 60% but not greater than 65%)
Section 66 (2) (f) (impairment	2019–2020	$475,240
greater than 65% but not greater than 70%)

Workers Compensation (Indexation) Amendment Order 2019 [NSW]

Schedule 1 Amendment of Workers Compensation (Indexation) Order 2019

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provision of 1987 Act	Financial year	Adjusted amount
Section 66 (2) (g) (impairment	2019–2020	$547,110
greater than 70% but not greater than 74%)
Section 66 (2) (h) (impairment	2019–2020	$619,000
greater than 74%)