Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Regulation 2025
sec.147Payment of caring allowance— Act , s 225
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sec.147 Payment of caring allowance— Act , s 225
For section 225 (a) of the Act , if an insurer pays a caring allowance, the prescribed way of payment is for the insurer to— decide the number of hours of the day to day care required by the worker having regard to the occupational therapist’s assessment report under section 224 (4) of the Act , and the graduated scale stated in schedule 8 ; and decide the allowance having regard to the information in the occupational therapist’s report; and pay the allowance at an hourly rate equal to the carer pension rate divided by 35. In this section— carer pension rate means the weekly amount of the maximum carer payment payable from time to time under a Commonwealth law, but does not include an amount for allowances such as rent assistance or family payment. (sec.147-ssec.1) For section 225 (a) of the Act , if an insurer pays a caring allowance, the prescribed way of payment is for the insurer to— decide the number of hours of the day to day care required by the worker having regard to the occupational therapist’s assessment report under section 224 (4) of the Act , and the graduated scale stated in schedule 8 ; and decide the allowance having regard to the information in the occupational therapist’s report; and pay the allowance at an hourly rate equal to the carer pension rate divided by 35. (sec.147-ssec.2) In this section— carer pension rate means the weekly amount of the maximum carer payment payable from time to time under a Commonwealth law, but does not include an amount for allowances such as rent assistance or family payment.
- (a) decide the number of hours of the day to day care required by the worker having regard to the occupational therapist’s assessment report under section 224 (4) of the Act , and the graduated scale stated in schedule 8 ; and
- (b) decide the allowance having regard to the information in the occupational therapist’s report; and
- (c) pay the allowance at an hourly rate equal to the carer pension rate divided by 35.