25Payment of benefits for injuries

25 Payment of benefits for injuries

25 Payment of benefits for injuries

(1) Subject to this section, where the Authority—

(a) receives an assessment made by a medical panel or referee under section 24 (4) of a compensable injury, or

(b) is otherwise satisfied that an applicant for a benefit under this section has suffered a compensable injury,

in respect of which an application under section 19 (1) has been duly made, the Authority shall—

(c) if the injury is described in Table A of Schedule 1, pay to the applicant—

(i) where the injury is described in that Table by reference to a prescribed percentage—a proportion of the amount specified in that Table opposite the description of the injury, being either the proportion equivalent to the degree of the applicant’s injury that is set forth in the assessment, if any, or, where an assessment of the injury has not been made under section 24 (4) by a medical panel, that has been otherwise established to the satisfaction of the Authority, and

(ii) where the injury is otherwise described in that Table—the amount specified in that Table opposite the description of the injury, and

(d) if the injury is described in Table B of Schedule 1, pay to the applicant such amount (not exceeding the amount specified in that Table opposite the description of the injury) as the Authority thinks fit, having regard to the terms of the assessment, if any, or the degree of injury otherwise established to the satisfaction of the Authority.

(2) Subject to subsections (3), (4) and (5), where a person is entitled to a benefit under this section in respect of—

(a) a compensable injury consisting of the permanent loss of not less than the prescribed percentage of the use of both of his or her legs as a consequence of quadriplegia or paraplegia, the Authority shall pay the person $27,530 in addition to any other amount payable to the person under this section, or

(b) a compensable injury consisting of the permanent and total loss of sight of one eye and also suffers permanent and serious diminution of sight of his or her other eye, as a consequence of a single incident, the Authority shall pay the person not less than $39,500.

(3) Not more than $70,680 may be paid under this section in respect of compensable injuries suffered by an applicant for a benefit under this Act as a consequence of a single incident until 3 months have expired after the day on which the incident occurred.