Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY AND REPATRIATION LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1984 No. 78, 1984 - SECT 87

87. Schedule 1 to the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by omitting clause (1) (b) (i) and substituting the following clause:

''(i) $23.60, or such higher amount as is prescribed, in respect of-

(1) the spouse of the seaman, if the spouse was married to the seaman at the
date of the injury and is wholly or mainly dependent upon the earnings of the
seaman; or

(2) if the seaman has no spouse, or if compensation is not payable in respect
of the spouse of the seaman-1 person, over the age of 16 years, who is wholly
or mainly dependent upon the earnings of the seaman, and was, at the date of
the injury, a member of the family of the seaman or caring for a child who was
at that date, and is, under the age of 16 years and wholly or mainly dependent
upon the earnings of the seaman; and''; and

(b) by inserting in paragraph (10) ''or widower'' after ''widow''.