Accident Compensation Act 1985
Sch 3ACompensation for maims
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Schedule 3A—Compensation for maims
THE TABLE
| Injury | Percentage | | Total loss of the sight of both eyes | 100 | | Total loss of the sight of an only eye | 100 | | Loss of both hands | 100 | | Loss of both feet | 100 | | Loss of a hand and a foot | 100 | | Permanent brain damage (being an injury which is not or is not wholly an injury otherwise compensable under this Table) | 0–100 | | Total loss of the right arm or of the greater part of the right arm | 80 | | Total loss of the left arm or of the greater part of the left arm | 75 | | Total loss of the right hand or of five fingers of the right hand, or of the lower part of the right arm | 70 | | Total loss of the same for the left hand and arm | 65 | | Total loss of a leg | 75 | | Total loss of a foot | 65 | | Total loss of the lower part of the leg | 70 | | Total loss of the sight of one eye, together with the serious diminution of the sight of the other eye | 75 | | Total loss of hearing | 65 | | Total loss of the sight of one eye | 40 | | Loss of binocular vision | 40 | | Loss of eyeball (in addition to compensation for loss of sight of an eye) | 22 | | Total loss of power of speech | 60 | | Total loss of sense of taste or smell | 17 | | | | | Total loss of senses of both taste and smell | 34 | | Total loss of sexual organs | 47 | | Total loss of both breasts | 47 | | Total loss of one breast | 30 | | Total loss of the thumb of the right hand | 30 | | Total loss of the thumb of the left hand | 26 | | Total loss of the forefinger of the right hand | 21 | | Total loss of the forefinger of the left hand | 18 | | Total loss of two joints of the forefinger of the right hand | 16 | | Total loss of two joints of the forefinger of the left hand | 12 | | Total loss of a joint of the thumb | 16 | | Total loss of the first joint of the forefinger of the right hand | 10 | | Total loss of the first joint of the forefinger of the left hand | 9 | | Total loss of the first joint of the middle or little or ring finger of either hand | 6 | | Total loss of the middle finger of either hand | 12 | | Total loss of the little or ring finger of either hand | 11 | | Total loss of two joints of the middle finger of either hand | 10 | | Total loss of two joints of the little or ring finger of either hand | 9 | | Total loss of the great toe of either foot | 22 | | Total loss of a joint of the great toe of either foot | 10 | | Total loss of any other toe | 6 | | Total loss of a joint of any other toe | 2 | | | | | Partial loss of the sight of both eyes or of an only eye | Such percentage of the maximum amount payable for total loss as is equal to the percentage of the diminution of sight measured without the aid of a correcting lens. | | Partial loss of the sight of one eye | Such percentage of the maximum amount payable for total loss as is equal to the percentage of the diminution of sight measured without the aid of a correcting lens. | | Partial loss of hearing | Such percentage of the maximum amount payable for total loss as is equal to the percentage (being not less than 7) of the diminution of hearing. | | Quadriplegia, paraplegia or total impairment of the spine | 100 | | Impairment of the back | 0–60 | | Impairment of the neck | 0–40 | | Impairment of the pelvis | 0–15 | | Severe facial disfigurement (being an injury which is not or is not wholly an injury otherwise compensable under this Table) | 0–26 | | Severe bodily disfigurement (being an injury which is not or is not wholly an injury otherwise compensable under this Table) | 0–22 |