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As a result of legislative amendments commencing on 1 April 2002, the amount of compensation payable in the first 45 weeks of incapacity is worked out under Ss19(2)-(2D). The amendments introduced new terminology and additional calculations for a part of a week, however the new provisions had the same general effect as the policy adopted by DVA in relation to former S19(2) and did not require any change in the method which the Defcare Incapacity Calculator uses for calculating the first 45 weeks. The new provisions apply to all determinations made on or after 1 April 2002.