(b) is otherwise satisfied that an applicant for a
benefit under this section has suffered a compensable injury,
in respect of
which an application under section 19 (1) has been duly made, the Authority
shall:
(c) if the injury is described in Table A of Schedule 1, pay to the
applicant:
(i) where the injury is described in that Table by reference to a
prescribed percentage--a proportion of the amount specified in that Table
opposite the description of the injury, being either the proportion equivalent
to the degree of the applicant's injury that is set forth in the assessment,
if any, or, where an assessment of the injury has not been made under
section 24 (4) by a medical panel, that has been otherwise established to the
satisfaction of the Authority, and
(ii) where the injury is otherwise
described in that Table--the amount specified in that Table opposite the
description of the injury, and
(d) if the injury is described in Table B of
Schedule 1, pay to the applicant such amount (not exceeding the amount
specified in that Table opposite the description of the injury) as the
Authority thinks fit, having regard to the terms of the assessment, if any, or
the degree of injury otherwise established to the satisfaction of the
Authority.
(2) Subject to subsections (3), (4) and (5), where a person is
entitled to a benefit under this section in respect of:
(a) a
compensable injury consisting of the permanent loss of not less than the
prescribed percentage of the use of both of his or her legs as a consequence
of quadriplegia or paraplegia, the Authority shall pay the person $27,530 in
addition to any other amount payable to the person under this section, or
(b)
a compensable injury consisting of the permanent and total loss of sight of
one eye and also suffers permanent and serious diminution of sight of his or
her other eye, as a consequence of a single incident, the Authority shall pay
the person not less than $39,500.
(3) Not more than $70,680 may be paid under
this section in respect of compensable injuries suffered by an applicant for a
benefit under this Act as a consequence of a single incident until 3 months
have expired after the day on which the incident occurred.
(4) If a person
suffers a single injury that comprises more than one compensable injury (being
compensable injuries that overlap), the person is entitled to a benefit under
this section only in respect of the compensable injury that results in the
largest benefit. For example, if a person suffers an injury to a foot, a
benefit is not payable for the compensable injury of loss of a foot and for a
percentage loss of the lower part of the leg and for a percentage loss of the
leg--in such a case the largest of the 3 amounts is payable.
(5)
Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the maximum amount
payable under this section to an applicant for a benefit under this Act in
respect of all injuries suffered by the applicant as a consequence of a single
incident is $171,000.
