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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 Pension 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 | Ss198(2), MRCA
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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. | Ss234(4), MRCA
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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 | Ss234(5), 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. |
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Periodic permanent impairment payment | 1 July | December quarter | Previous highest December quarter prior to the reference quarter | $0.01, rounded off | S74, MRCA
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Weekly payments
| 1 July | December quarter | Previous highest 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
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ADF remuneration loading allowance | 1 July | Indexed according to the sum of % increases in ADF pay over the twelve months to the previous 31 December. | Section 183, MRCA | ||
Additional Disablement Amount | 20 March 20 September | Weekly payment not indexed but set as equal to 50% of the fortnightly Extreme Disablement Adjustment rate of Disability Compensation Payment under the VEA | 220B, MRCA | ||
Prisoner of War Recognition Supplement | 20 September | June quarter | Previous highest June quarter prior to the reference quarter | $0.10, rounded off | 268AN, MRCA |
Lump sums
| 1 July | December quarter | Previous highest December quarter prior to the reference quarter | $0.01, rounded off | Ss80(2), MRCA
Ss206(1), MRCA
S240, MRCA
Subsection 234(2), MRCA
S252, 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 | Previous highest June quarter prior to the reference quarter | $0.10 p/f, rounded off | Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act Education and Training Scheme |
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 | |||||
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 |
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