ACCIDENT COMPENSATION ACT 1985 - SECT 98E No Disadvantage—Compensation Table

ACCIDENT COMPENSATION ACT 1985 - SECT 98E

S. 98E(1) amended by No. 80/2010

s. 61(1)(a).

    (1)     If a worker suffers an injury which entitled the worker to compensation and the injury is a total loss mentioned in the Table in Schedule 3B and the amount of compensation calculated under section 98C is less than the amount payable for total loss specified in the Table in respect of that injury, the worker is entitled to compensation equal to the amount specified in the Table instead of compensation calculated under section 98C.

S. 98E(1) Table substituted by No. 102/2004 s. 39, repealed by No. 80/2010 s. 61(1)(b).

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S. 98E(2) repealed by No. 80/2010

s. 61(1)(c).

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    (3)     For the purposes of this section, total loss of hearing—

        (a)     shall be determined—

              (i)     by a person or class of persons approved; and

              (ii)     in the manner approved—

by the Minister; and

        (b)     shall be determined in accordance with the Improved Procedure for Determination of Percentage Loss of Hearing (1988 Edition or a later prescribed edition) published by the National Acoustic Laboratory.

S. 98E(4) amended by No. 82/2001 s. 14.

    (4)     An approval by the Minister for the purposes of subsection (3)(a)(i) continues in force for the period not exceeding 3 years as is specified by the Minister in the approval unless revoked by the Minister.

S. 98E(5) amended by Nos 102/2004 s. 40(a), 80/2010 s. 61(1)(d).

    (5)     If a worker suffers on the same occasion more than one of the injuries mentioned in the Table in Schedule 3B the worker is not in any case entitled to receive as compensation under subsection (1) more than $252 250.

    (6)     Compensation under this section is not payable after the death of the worker concerned.

S. 98E(7) inserted by No. 80/2010

s. 61(2).

    (7)     The amount of compensation for an injury that is a total loss mentioned in the Table in Schedule 3B is to be calculated as at the date of the relevant injury.

Pt 4 Div. 2B (Heading) inserted by No. 80/2010 s. 77.

Division 2B—Compensation for medical and like services

New s. 99AAA inserted by No. 80/2010 s. 77.