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5.1 Overview

 

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5.2 Entitlement to Permanent Impairment Compensation

 

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5.2.1 Required Degrees of Impairment

 

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5.2.2 Aggravation

 

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5.2.3 Additional Permanent Impairment Compensation for Another Accepted Condition

 

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5.2.4 Additional Permanent Impairment Compensation for Deterioration

 

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5.3 When is an Impairment Likely to Continue Indefinitely?

 

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5.3.1 Have regard to

 

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5.3.2 The duration of the impairment

 

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5.3.3 The likelihood of improvement

 

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5.3.4 All reasonable rehabilitative treatment

 

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5.3.5 Any other relevant matters

 

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5.4 When is an Impairment Stable?

 

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5.5 Unreasonable Refusal to Medical Treatment, Examination or Rehabilitation Program

 

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5.6 Calculating Amount of PI Compensation Payable

 

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5.6.1 Initial Permanent Impairment Compensation Payment

 

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5.6.2 Additional PI Compensation Payment

 

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5.6.3. Age of medical evidence

 

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5.6.4 Reassessment of Tinnitus

 

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5.7 Date from which Permanent Impairment Compensation is Payable

 

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5.7.1 Initial Permanent Impairment Compensation Payment

 

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5.7.2 Additional Permanent Impairment Compensation Payment for a new condition

 

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5.7.3 Additional Permanent Impairment Compensation Payment for deterioration of accepted conditions

 

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5.8 Interim Permanent Impairment Compensation

 

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5.8.1 Eligibility criteria for interim permanent impairment payments

 

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5.8.2 Number of impairment points required for interim PI to be payable

 

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5.8.3 Amount of interim permanent impairment payable

 

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5.8.4 Determination of lifestyle rating where interim PI is payable

 

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5.8.5 Examples

 

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5.8.6 Recalculation of whole PI payment when interim condition stabilised

 

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5.8.7 Offering Interim Payments

 

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5.8.8 Worked Examples of Multiple Interim Payments - prior to 1 July 2013

 

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5.9 Deferrals

 

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5.10 Advising the Claimant

 

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5.10.1 PI claims and withdrawals

 

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5.11 Converting Weekly Amounts to Lump Sum

 

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5.11.1 Options for Conversion of Periodic Payments to Lump Sum

 

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5.11.2 Calculation of a Lump Sum Payment

 

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5.11.3 Electing a Lump Sum - Special Circumstances

 

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5.11.4 Payment of Lump Sum and when Interest Rates are Payable

 

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5.12 Additional Payment for Severe Impairment

 

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5.12.1 Subsection 80(1) - Eligibility for additional compensation payments

 

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5.12.2 Subsection 80(2) - Finding the relevant date

 

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5.12.3 Subsection 80(2) - Dependant

 

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5.12.4 Subsection 80(2) - Eligible Young Person

 

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5.12.5 Subsection 80(3) - Children born alive after but conceived before and adopted children

 

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5.12.6 Section 80(3) - IVF consideration

 

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5.13 Financial and Legal Advice for Permanent Impairment Compensation Payments

 

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5.14 Claimants Instituting Action for Damages (Common Law Action)

 

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5.15 Payment of Private Insurance Benefits

 

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5.16 Determining Level of Impairment and Lifestyle Effects

 

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5.16.1 GARP M - The Approved Guide

 

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5.16.2 R&C ISH

 

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5.16.3 Lifestyle Ratings

 

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5.16.4 Self-Assessed Lifestyle Ratings

 

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5.16.5 Use of psychologists

 

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5.17 Additional benefits associated with permanent impairment payments

 

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5.17.1 Pensioner Education Supplement

 

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5.17.2 Energy Payments

 

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5.18 Payment Practices

 

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