31BCalculation of adjustment percentage

31B Calculation of adjustment percentage

31B Calculation of adjustment percentage

(1) For the purposes of the definition of adjustment percentage in section 31A (1), the percentage for a year shall be calculated—

(a) if the Index number for the June quarter in that year is greater than the Index number for the immediately preceding June quarter—in accordance with the following formula—

(b) if the Index number for the June quarter in that year is less than the Index number for the immediately preceding June quarter—in accordance with the following formula—

where—

P is the percentage to be obtained,

C is the Index number for the June quarter in that year, and

L is the Index number for the immediately preceding June quarter.

(2) Where—

(a) the percentage calculated for a year in accordance with subsection (1) (b) is less than 1.1% or any other percentage prescribed by the regulations, or

(b) the Index number for the June quarter in that year is the same as the Index number for the immediately preceding June quarter,

there shall be deemed to be no adjustment percentage for that year.

(3) Where there is deemed to be no adjustment percentage for a year, then, for the purposes of calculating the percentage for the next year—

(a) the Index number for the June quarter in the firstmentioned year shall be deemed not to have been published, and

(b) the Index number for that quarter shall be deemed to be the same as the Index number for the June quarter in the last year for which there was an adjustment percentage.

(4) If at any time, whether before or after the commencement of this Part, the Australian Statistician has published in respect of a particular June quarter an Index number in substitution for an Index number previously published by him in respect of that quarter—

(a) except as provided in paragraph (b)—the publication of the later Index number shall be disregarded, or