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#### 79 Definitions 79 Definitions (cf former s 9A (1)) > In this Division— > > adjustable amount means— > > > (a) each of the amounts specified in sections 25, 34, 37 and 40, or clause 2 of Part 19H of Schedule 6, without regard to any adjustment under this Division, and > > > (b) (Repealed) > > > (c) the amount of $7,500 specified in section 297 (2) of the 1998 Act. > > adjustment date means 1 April or 1 October in each year. > > base index number means— > > > (a) in respect of an adjustable amount that is the amount specified in section 25 (1) (a)—the latest index number in relation to the adjustment date of 1 October 2015, and > > > (a1) in respect of an adjustable amount that is the amount specified in section 34 or clause 2 of Part 19H of Schedule 6—the number 240.5, and > > > (b) (Repealed) > > > (b1) in respect of an adjustable amount that is an amount specified in section 8 (2B) (b) (i) of the [Workers’ Compensation (Dust Diseases) Act 1942](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1942-014)—the latest index number in relation to the adjustment date of 1 October 2012, and > > > (c) in respect of the adjustable amount of $7,500 specified in section 297 (2) of the 1998 Act—the latest index number for the adjustment date of 1 October 2010, and > > > (d) in respect of any other adjustable amount—the number 130.8. > > latest index number, in relation to an adjustment date, means— > > > (a) where— > > > > > (i) the adjustment date is 1 April in any year—the index number, relating to adult males in New South Wales, for the preceding month of December, or > > > > > (ii) the adjustment date is 1 October in any year—the index number, relating to adult males in New South Wales, for the preceding month of June, > > > > shown in the first preliminary table in the award rates of pay indexes, Australia, being the table entitled “Wage and salary earners: indexes of weekly award rates of pay States and Territories”, published by the Australian Statistician, or > > > (b) where there is, under paragraph (a), no latest index number in relation to an adjustment date—such number as may be declared by the Authority in respect of that date by order published on the NSW legislation website. > > **s 79:** Am 1989 No 133, Sch 3 (8); 1990 No 46, Sch 1; 1991 No 99, Sch 1 (13); 1995 No 89, Sch 1 \[37\]; 2008 No 118, Sch 1 \[5\]; 2010 No 101, Sch 1 \[17\] \[18\]; 2010 No 134, Sch 2; 2012 No 53, Sch 1.1 \[8\] \[9\]; 2015 No 18, Schs 2 \[18\], 5 \[3\]; 2018 No 62, Sch 5.1 \[1\].