Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Regulation 2025
sec.189General damages calculation provisions— Act , s 306P
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sec.189 General damages calculation provisions— Act , s 306P
For section 306P (2) , definition general damages calculation provisions , for each period stated in a table in schedule 17 , this section and that table are the general damages calculation provisions for the period. For an injury within the injury scale value stated in an item of any of tables 1 to 9, the general damages are the sum of— the base amount for the item (if any); and the variable amount for the item. For an injury within the injury scale value stated in an item of a table other than a table mentioned in subsection (2) , the general damages are the amount worked out in the way stated in the column of the table with the heading ‘general damages’. In this section— variable amount means the amount worked out in the way stated in the column of a table with the heading ‘variable amount’. (sec.189-ssec.1) For section 306P (2) , definition general damages calculation provisions , for each period stated in a table in schedule 17 , this section and that table are the general damages calculation provisions for the period. (sec.189-ssec.2) For an injury within the injury scale value stated in an item of any of tables 1 to 9, the general damages are the sum of— the base amount for the item (if any); and the variable amount for the item. (sec.189-ssec.3) For an injury within the injury scale value stated in an item of a table other than a table mentioned in subsection (2) , the general damages are the amount worked out in the way stated in the column of the table with the heading ‘general damages’. (sec.189-ssec.4) In this section— variable amount means the amount worked out in the way stated in the column of a table with the heading ‘variable amount’.
- (a) the base amount for the item (if any); and
- (b) the variable amount for the item.