11.1.3 Indexation Timetable | CLIK

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Last amended: 15 August 2013

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This section describes how payments under the MRCA and the Defence Act 1903 are indexed.

MRCA payments

Category	Indexation date(s)...	Reference quarter	Base quarter	Rounding base	Rate calculated under...
Special rate disability compensation payment*	20 March 20 September	Weekly payment not indexed but set as equal to 50% of the fortnightly special rate (T&PI) of disability compensation payment under the VEA			Section 198(2), MRCA
Energy supplement for special rate disability compensation payment	20 March 20 September	Weekly payment not indexed but set as equal to 50% of the fortnightly energy supplement rate for special rate of disability compensation payment under the VEA.			Section 209A, MRCA
Wholly dependent partner's lump sum compensation*	N/A	Not indexed but determined by reference to the weekly wholly dependent partner rate and the partner's age.			Subsection 234(4), MRCA
Wholly dependent partner's weekly compensation*	20 March 20 September	Weekly payment not indexed but set as equal to 50% of the fortnightly war widow's / widower's pension under the VEA			Subsection 234(5), MRCA
Energy supplement for wholly dependent partner payment	20 March 20 September	Weekly payment not indexed but set as equal to 50% of the fortnightly energy supplement rate for war widows/widowers under the VEA.			Section 238A, MRCA
Periodic permanent impairment payment lump sum	N/A	Not indexed but determined by reference to the weekly periodic impairment payment rate and the member's age.
Periodic permanent impairment payment	1 July	December quarter	December quarter prior to the reference quarter	$0.01, rounded off	Section 74, MRCA
Energy supplement for permanent impairment payment	1 July	December quarter	December quarter prior to the reference quarter	$0.01, rounded off	Section 404(1A), MRCA
Weekly payments Incapacity commutation amount limit Household services Attendant care services Weekly compensation following a member's death for dependent eligible young person ADF remuneration loading allowance	1 July	December quarter	December quarter prior to the reference quarter	$0.01, rounded off	Paragraph 138(1)(a), MRCA Paragraph 216(b), MRCA Paragraph 219(b), MRCA Section 254, MRCA Section 183, MRCA
Lump sums Eligible young person maximum permanent impairment compensation Financial advice compensation Additional compensation following a member's death for wholly dependent partner Compensation following a member's death for dependent eligible young person Compensation following a member's death for each other dependant Total compensation following death for all other dependants Funeral compensation reimbursement limit	1 July	December quarter	December quarter prior to the reference quarter	$0.01, rounded off	Subsection 80(2), MRCA Subsection 206(1), MRCA Section 240, MRCA Subsection 234(2), MRCA Section 252, MRCA Paragraph 263(1)(a), MRCA Paragraph 263(1)(b), MRCA Paragraph 267(3)(a), MRCA
MRCA Supplement	1 January	Not indexed but set as equal to the rate of veterans supplement under VEA sections 118C and 118D			Section 223, MRCA Section 247, MRCA Section 302, MRCA
Education allowances	1 January	June quarter	Highest June quarter prior to the reference quarter	$0.10 p/f, rounded off	Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act Education and Training Scheme Instrument 2004 No. M4

Defence Act 1903 payments

Category	Indexation date(s)...	Reference quarter	Base quarter	Rounding base	Rate calculated under...
Additional death benefit	1 July	December quarter	December quarter prior to the previous December quarter	$0.01, rounded off	Defence Determination 2005/15
Dependent child benefit	1 July	December quarter	December quarter prior to the previous December quarter	$0.01, rounded off	Defence Determination 2005/15
Severe injury adjustment	1 July	December quarter	December quarter prior to the reference quarter	$0.01, rounded off	Defence Determination 2005/15
Financial advice limit