61AMaximum benefits

61A Maximum benefits (1) This section applies to a worker to whom compensation is payable in accordance with section 65(1BA) or (1D), in respect of an injury. (2) The worker is entitled to be paid compensation under this Division as follows: (a) if the worker has been paid compensation under section 65 in respect of the injury for a period of 260 weeks in the aggregate: (i) no other compensation under section 65 is payable to the worker in respect of the injury; and (ii) no other compensation under this Part, other than under section 71, is payable to the worker in respect of the injury for a cost that was incurred after 12 months after the end of the last of the 260 weeks; (b) if, because of the operation of section 65(1D), compensation is to be paid to a worker under section 65, other than a worker who suffers relevant permanent impairment at a percentage of the whole person equal to not less than 15%, in respect of an injury for a period of weeks shorter than the period of 260 weeks mentioned in paragraph (a) (the shorter period): (i) no compensation under section 65 is payable to the worker in respect of the injury and in respect of a period after the end of the shorter period; and (ii) no other compensation under this Part, other than under section 71, is payable to the worker in respect of the injury for a cost that is incurred after a period that ends more than 12 months after the end of the last of the relevant number of weeks.

Return to Work Act 1986 50 (2A) In this section, a reference to a week, in relation to payment, or relevant number of weeks, in relation a shorter period, means the number of weeks obtained when the number of weeks in the shorter period is subtracted from 260 weeks.