128Payments during 7-year period

128 Payments during 7-year period

128 Payments during 7-year period

(1) During the 7-year period for an incapacitated police officer, the Commissioner must pay the police officer an amount representing any shortfall between—

(a) the amount of the weekly compensation payments, and

(b) the amount that is equal to the following—

(i) for the first year starting on 1 October in a calendar year and ending on 30 September in the following calendar year in which the incapacitated police officer receives a payment—75% of the salary the incapacitated police officer was receiving immediately before the 7-year period started,

(ii) for later years starting on 1 October in a calendar year and ending on 30 September in the following calendar year—the amount calculated in accordance with section 130.

Note—

Police officers or former police officers may receive payments under this section for up to 7 years in certain circumstances but may receive payments for a lesser period depending on their entitlement to payments under workers compensation legislation.

(2) The maximum amount that may be paid to an incapacitated police officer under subsection (1) per month is—

(a) $14,532 for the period from 1 October 2024 until 30 September 2025, and

(b) for each later year starting on 1 October in a calendar year and ending on 30 September in the following calendar year—the amount that is—

(i) equal to the maximum amount calculated under this subsection for the previous year, adjusted in accordance with movements in CPI, and

(ii) declared by the Commissioner by order published in the Gazette.

(3) To avoid doubt, if the incapacitated police officer ceases receiving weekly compensation payments in relation to the injury during the 7-year period—

(a) payments under this section cease, and

(b) any period during which payments under this section in relation to the injury cease is taken to be—

(i) for a period during which payments under this section in relation to the injury cease because the police officer returns to the full duties of the police officer’s rank, or to a grade within that rank, for a continuous period of 7 days or more—not part of the 7-year period, or