Workers Compensation (Indexation of Amounts) Amendment Order 2016 (NSW)
New South Wales
Workers Compensation (Indexation of
Amounts) Amendment Order 2016
under the
Workers Compensation Act 1987
I, the Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation, in pursuance of sections 82A and 82BA of the Workers Compensation Act 1987, make the following Order.
Dated this 13th day of September 2016.
VICTOR DOMINELLO, MP
Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation
Explanatory note
The objects of this Order are:
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| (a) | to notify the number that equates to the factor | ---- used in the formula for calculating the variation of |
the weekly payment to be paid to a worker under section 82A of the Workers Compensation Act C 1987. That section provides that weekly payments are to be varied on 1 April and 1 October in each
year, and
| (b) | to notify the amount that is to apply as the minimum amount of weekly payments of compensation |
payable for workers with highest needs under section 38A of the Workers Compensation Act 1987.
Section 82BA of that Act provides that the amount is to be varied on 1 April and 1 October in each year.
This Order is made under sections 82A (4) and 82BA (3) of the Workers Compensation Act 1987.
Workers Compensation (Indexation of Amounts) Amendment Order 2016 [NSW]
Workers Compensation (Indexation of Amounts) Amendment
Order 2016
under the
Workers Compensation Act 1987
1 Name of Regulation
This Order is the Workers Compensation (Indexation of Amounts) Amendment Order
2016.
2 Commencement
This Order commences on 1 October 2016 and is required to be published on the
NSW legislation website.
3 Amendment of Workers Compensation (Indexation of Amounts) Order 2013
(1) Clause 4 Variation of weekly payments Insert at the end of the Table to the clause in Columns 1 and 2, respectively:
1 October 2016 1.0037
(2) Clause 6 Indexation—compensation amount for workers with highest needs:
section 82BAInsert at the end of the Table to the clause in Columns 1 and 2, respectively:
1 October 2016 $796
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