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Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992 - Revocation of the Guide to the Assessment of the Degree of Permanent Impairment (Second edition) (30/01/2006)

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This instrument replaces the 1993 impairment Guide with the Guide, 2nd ed (2006) for assessing permanent impairment under the Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act.

It alters the medical and legal standards that convert diagnoses into percentage impairments and thus lump-sum payouts—affecting seafarers, Comcare, and the doctors and lawyers who assess or advise on claims.

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Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992 - Revocation of the Guide to the Assessment of the Degree of Permanent Impairment (Second edition) (30/01/2006)

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Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992

Subsection 42 (2)

Revocation of the Guide to the Assessment of

the Degree of Permanent Impairment

The Seafarers Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Authority (“the Authority”), under subsection 125(1) of the Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992 (“the Act”), has delegated to the Chief Executive Officer of Comcare its functions and powers under section 42 of the Act by resolution dated 22 December 2005 with effect on and from that date.
I, Barbara Bennett, Chief Executive Officer of Comcare, under subsection 42(2) of the Act, revoke the first edition of the Guide in the manner specified in section 3 of the Introduction to the second edition of the Guide: Application of this Guide.
In this instrument:

“first edition of the Guide” means the Guide to the Assessment of the Degree of Permanent Impairment prepared by the Authority under subsection 42 (1) of the Act and approved by the Minister for Transport and Communications by instrument dated 17 August 1993.

“second edition of the Guide” means the Guide to the Assessment of the Degree of Permanent Impairment prepared by me, acting under delegation from the Authority, under subsection 42 (1) of the Act by instrument dated 30 January 2006.

Dated: 30 January 2006

Barbara Bennett

Chief Executive Officer

Comcare

Delegate of the Seafarers Safety, Rehabilitation

and Compensation Authority

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