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WORKERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION (CLAIMS AND REGISTRATION) REGULATIONS 1999 - REG 20

20—Interest payable under transitional provisions

        (1)         For the purposes of clause 2(4) of Schedule 1 of the Act, the amount recoverable from the employer will be increased by interest on the amount at the prime bank rate for the financial year in which the employer receives notification of a payment under that clause, compounded on a monthly basis for each complete month that has elapsed between the date of the notification and the date of payment.

        (2)         For the purposes of clause 2(11) of Schedule 1 of the Act, if a compensating authority has recovered an amount to which the compensating authority is not entitled, the amount to be repaid to the Corporation will be increased by interest on the amount at the prime bank rate for the financial year in which the amount in respect of which interest is payable is paid to the Corporation, compounded on a monthly basis for each complete month that has elapsed between the date of the determination of the Corporation and the date of payment.

        (3)         In this regulation—

"prime bank rate", for a particular financial year, means a rate (expressed as an annual percentage to 2 decimal places) equal to the average of—

            (a)         the 12 months fixed-rate personal home loan rate fixed by the National Australia Bank Limited ("NAB") as at the commencement of the financial year (or, if there is more than 1 such rate, the average of all such rates); and

            (b)         the fixed-rate unsecured personal loan rate fixed by NAB as at the commencement of the financial year (or, if there is more than 1 such rate, the average of all such rates).



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