External
The client's normal weekly earnings (NWE) as at 1/12/1988 (the commencing day of the SRC Act) is relevant to calculation of the amount of weekly incapacity compensation paid to former employees under the transitional provisions in Division 3, Part X of the Act.
NWE at 1/12/1988 is applied in two sections in Part X:
- s 131: compensation for former employees under 65 who were in receipt of superannuation benefits and were unable to engage in suitable employment on 1/12/1988;
- s 132: compensation for former employees under 65 who were not in receipt of superannuation benefits and were unable to engage in suitable employment on 1/12/1988.