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ACCIDENT COMPENSATION ACT 1985 - SECT 5B Definition—current weekly earnings

ACCIDENT COMPENSATION ACT 1985 - SECT 5B

Definition—current weekly earnings

In this Act, current weekly earnings of a worker in relation to a week means—

        (a)     if the worker's base rate of pay is calculated on the basis of ordinary hours worked, the sum of—

              (i)     the worker's earnings so calculated for the ordinary hours worked during that week; and

              (ii)     amounts paid or payable for overtime or shift allowances in respect of that week; and

              (iii)     amounts paid or payable as piece rates or commissions in respect of that week; or

        (b)     if paragraph (a) does not apply, the worker's actual earnings (other than an amount of a kind referred to in section 5AC(1)(a), (b), (c) or (f)) in respect of that week.

S. 5C

inserted by No. 50/1994

s. 7, substituted by No. 9/2010 s. 95, repealed by No. 67/2013 s. 627(1).

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S. 5D

inserted by No. 107/1997

s. 5(4), amended by No. 81/1998 s. 19(2), repealed by No. 60/2007 s. 23, new s. 5D inserted by No. 9/2010 s. 95, repealed by No. 67/2013 s. 627(1).

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S. 5E inserted by No. 107/1997

s. 5(4), amended by No. 81/1998 s. 19(2), repealed by No. 60/2007 s. 23, new s. 5E inserted by No. 9/2010 s. 95, repealed by No. 67/2013 s. 627(1).

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Pt 1 Div. 3 (Heading and ss 5F–17) amended [2] , repealed by No. 67/2013 s. 627(2).

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Pt 2 (Headings and ss 18–38) amended [3] , repealed by No. 67/2013 s. 627(3).

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Pt 3

(Heading and ss 39– 80) amended [4] , repealed by No. 67/2013 s. 627(3).

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Part IV—Payment of compensation

Division 1—Application

New s. 80 inserted by No. 95/2003 s. 15.