New South Wales Consolidated Acts

WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT 1987 - SECT 36

36 Weekly payment during total incapacity-first 26 weeks

(cf former s 9 (1) (a))

(1) The weekly payment of compensation to an injured worker in respect of any period of total incapacity for work during the first 26 weeks of incapacity shall be the amount of the worker’s current weekly wage rate.

(2) In this section:
"current weekly wage rate", in relation to a worker, means the worker’s current weekly wage rate determined from time to time in accordance with section 42.