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Workers Compensation Act 1951
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23 Working out average pre-incapacity weekly hours for
non-contractor
(1) In working out average pre-incapacity weekly hours for a worker who
is not a contractor—
(a) if the worker was, immediately before the injury, employed by
2 or more employers—the worker’s work hours from all
employment must be taken into account; and
(b) the actual weekly work hours of the worker over a period of up
to 1 year before the injury may be taken into account.
(2) However, if it is not possible to work out fair average pre-incapacity
weekly hours for the worker under subsection (1) because the worker
has only been employed for a short time, because of the terms of the
worker’s employment or for some other reason, the worker’s average
pre-incapacity weekly hours may be worked out by reference to the
average weekly hours being worked by—
(a) others in the same employment who perform similar work at the
same grade as the worker; or
(b) if there is no-one mentioned in paragraph (a) in the same
employment—others in the same class of employment as the
worker, who perform similar work at the same grade as the