Workers Compensation (Weekly Payments Indexation) Amendment Order (No 2) 2016 (NSW)

New South Wales

Workers Compensation (Weekly Payments

Indexation) Amendment Order (No 2) 2016

under the

Workers Compensation Act 1987

I, the Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation, in pursuance of sections 82B and 82F of the

Workers Compensation Act 1987, make the following Order.

Dated, this 30th day of June 2016.

VICTOR DOMINELLO, MP

Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation

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 objects of this Order are:

(a)	to notify the amounts that apply for the 2016–2017 financial year on the NSW legislation website, and
(b)	to make a consequential amendment.

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

Amendment Order (No 2) 2016

under the

Workers Compensation Act 1987

1      Name of Order

This Order is the Workers Compensation (Weekly Payments Indexation) Amendment
Order (No 2) 2016.

2      Commencement

This Order commences on 1 July 2016 and is required to be published on the NSW legislation website.

Schedule 1 Amendment of Workers Compensation (Weekly
Payments Indexation) Order 2013

[1]      Clause 1 Name of Order

Omit “Weekly Payments Indexation”. Insert instead “Indexation of Amounts”.

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

Insert the following at the end of the Table to the clause:

2016–2017 $183

[3]      Clause 7

Insert after clause 6:

7      Indexation—compensation for permanent impairment

For the purposes of section 82F of the Act, the variable amount (within the meaning of Division 6B of Part 3 of the Act) specified for a section referred to in a heading in the Table to this clause for the financial year specified in Column 1 of that Table is the amount specified in Column 2 of that Table opposite that financial year.

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

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

Section 66 (2) (c)
Impairment greater than 50% but not greater than 55%
Section 66 (2) (e)
Impairment greater than 60% but not greater than 65%

Column 1	Column 2
2016–2017	$380,940

Section 66 (2) (f)

Impairment greater than 65% but not greater than 70%

Column 1	Column 2
2016–2017	$448,810

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