Section 40 provided compensation for losses to the genitals, a woman's breasts and the total and permanent loss of the capacity for sexual intercourse. This table also applies to facial disfigurement (see later in this chapter at 8.8.2 [2]).
Date of Rate Increase |
Maximum Rate – S40(1), (1C) |
50% Rate– S40(1A), (1B) |
1 September 1971 |
$6,750 |
n/a |
2 November 1972 |
$7,250 |
n/a |
16 November 1974 |
$10,000 |
n/a |
1 September 1976 |
$12,500 |
n/a |
1 September 1979 |
$14,000 |
n/a |
1 September 1980 |
$16,250 |
n/a |
1 September 1981 |
$17,750 |
n/a |
1 May 1982 |
$18,575 |
n/a |
1 November 1982 |
$20,160 |
n/a |
1 May 1983 |
$21,000 |
n/a |
1 November 1983 |
$22,010 |
n/a |
1 May 1984 |
$23,210 |
n/a |
1 November 1984 |
$24,860 |
n/a |
1 May 1985 |
$25,010 |
n/a |
5 September 1985 |
$25,010 |
$12,505 |
1 November 1985 |
$25,660 |
$12,830 |
1 May 1986 |
$26,510 |
$13,255 |
13 December 1986 |
$27,330 |
$13,665 |
13 June 1987 |
$28,370 |
$14,185 |
13 December 1987 |
$28,910 |
$14,455 |
13 June 1988 |
$30,010 |
$15,005 |
Links
[1] https://clik.dva.gov.au/user/login?destination=node/20793%23comment-form
[2] https://clik.dva.gov.au/military-compensation-srca-manuals-and-resources-library/permanent-impairment-handbook/ch-8-permanent-impairment-under-1971-act/88-facial-disfigurement-s41/882-historical-rate-increases-s41-1971-act