External
Policy

The following sections of the Safety Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 are relevant to compensation for 'incapacity':

 

 

 

S4(9)

Definition of 'incapacity for work'

 

 

S7(6)

Incapacity taken to have resulted from a disease

 

 

S8

Normal Weekly Earnings

 

 

S9

Normal Weekly Hours

 

 

S13

Indexation of incapacity and other benefits

 

 

S14

Entitlement to compensation for incapacity

 

 

S19

Calculation of incapacity compensation

 

 

S20

Calculation – employees retired on or after 1 December 1988 and receiving superannuation pension

 

 

S21

Calculation – employees retired on or after 1 December 1988 who received lump sum superannuation

 

 

S21A

Calculation – employees retired on or after 24 December 1992 who received superannuation lump sum and pension

 

 

S22

Reduction in compensation for employee maintained in hospital

 

 

S23

Cessation of incapacity payments at [glossary::469] or on imprisonment

 

 

S30

Redemption of entitlement to incapacity compensation

 

 

S31

Resumption of incapacity compensation after redemption

 

 

S33

Reduction of compensation where certain other payments are received

 

 

S37(5)

Weekly payments during rehabilitation

 

 

S43

Requests by certain veterans to cease payment

 

 

S114, 114B

Recovery of overpayments

 

 

S116

Employees on compensation leave

 

 

S123

Transitional – definitions

 

 

S124(6),(7)

Transitional – application of Act to pre-existing injuries

 

 

Ss131–137

Calculation of incapacity compensation – 'former employees'