Workers Compensation (Indexation) Amendment Order (No 2) 2020 (NSW)

New South Wales

Workers Compensation (Indexation)

Amendment Order (No 2) 2020

under the

Workers Compensation Act 1987

I, the chief executive of the State Insurance Regulatory Authority, in pursuance of sections 82B and 82F of the Workers Compensation Act 1987, make the following Order.

Dated, this 25th day of June 2020.

CARMEL DONNELLY

Chief executive of State Insurance Regulatory Authority

Explanatory note

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

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

Workers Compensation (Indexation) Amendment Order (No 2) 2020 [NSW]

Workers Compensation (Indexation) Amendment Order (No 2)

2020

under the

Workers Compensation Act 1987

1      Name of Order

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

2020.

2      Commencement

This Order commences on 1 July 2020 and is required to be published on the NSW legislation website.

3 Amendment of Workers Compensation (Indexation) Order 2019

(1)  Clause 7A Indexation of certain amounts—according to average weekly earnings:

section 82B

Insert at the end of the Table—

2020–2021 $200

(2)

Clause 9 Indexation—compensation for permanent impairment: section 82F

Insert in appropriate order, in Columns 2 and 3 of the Table, respectively, in the matter relating to each provision of the 1987 Act—

2020–2021	$21,370 and $3,210, respectively
2020–2021	$85,560 and $5,290, respectively
2020–2021	$264,790
2020–2021	$338,100
2020–2021	$411,430
2020–2021	$484,740
2020–2021	$558,040
2020–2021	$631,370