Workers Compensation (Indexation of Amounts) Amendment Order (No 2) 2017 (NSW)

New South Wales

Workers Compensation (Indexation of

Amounts) Amendment Order (No 2) 2017

under the

Workers Compensation Act 1987

I, the Minister for Finance, Services and Property, in pursuance of sections 82B and 82F of the

Workers Compensation Act 1987, make the following Order.

Dated, this 2nd day of June 2017.

VICTOR DOMINELLO, MP

Minister for Finance, Services and Property

Explanatory note
Section 82B of the Workers Compensation Act 1987 provides for the indexation of certain weekly earnings
amounts in that Act by reference to annual changes in average weekly earnings as published by the
Australian Statistician.

Section 82F of the Workers Compensation Act 1987 provides for the indexation of certain amounts relating

to compensation for permanent impairment in that Act by reference to annual changes in the consumer price
index (All Groups Index) for Sydney as issued by the Australian Statistician.
The object of this Order is to notify the amounts that apply for the 2017–2018 financial year on the NSW
legislation website.
This Order is made under sections 82B (2) and 82F (3) of the Workers Compensation Act 1987.
Workers Compensation (Indexation of Amounts) Amendment

Order (No 2) 2017

under the

Workers Compensation Act 1987

1      Name of Order

This Order is the Workers Compensation (Indexation of Amounts) Amendment Order
(No 2) 2017.

2      Commencement

This Order commences on 1 July 2017 and is required to be published on the NSW legislation website.

Schedule 1 Amendment of Workers Compensation
(Indexation of Amounts) Order 2013

[1]      Clause 5 Indexation of certain amounts—according to average weekly earnings: section 82B

Insert at the end of the Table to the clause:

2017–2018 $185

[2]      Clause 7 Indexation—compensation for permanent impairment: section 82F

Omit the Table to the clause. Insert instead:

Section 66 (2) (a)
Impairment greater than 10% but not greater than 30%

Column 1	Column 2
2016–2017	$19,790 and $2,980, respectively
2017–2018	$20,260 and $3,050, respectively

Section 66 (2) (b)
Impairment greater than 30% but not greater than 50%

Column 1	Column 2
2016–2017	$79,220 and $4,900, respectively
2017–2018	$81,110 and $5,020, respectively

Section 66 (2) (c)
Impairment greater than 50% but not greater than 55%

Column 1	Column 2
2016–2017	$245,170
2017–2018	$251,030

Section 66 (2) (d)
Impairment greater than 55% but not greater than 60%

Column 1	Column 2
2016–2017	$313,050

Section 66 (2) (f)
Impairment greater than 65% but not greater than 70%

Column 1	Column 2
2016–2017	$448,810
2017–2018	$459,550

Section 66 (2) (g)
Impairment greater than 70% but not greater than 74%

Column 1	Column 2
2016–2017	$516,690