8GPre-injury average weekly earnings of apprentices, trainees and young people—Schedule 3, clause 5(3)(c) of 1987 Act

#### 8G Pre-injury average weekly earnings of apprentices, trainees and young people—Schedule 3, clause 5(3)(c) of 1987 Act 8G Pre-injury average weekly earnings of apprentices, trainees and young people—Schedule 3, clause 5(3)(c) of 1987 Act > > (1) For the purposes of clause 5(3)(c) of Schedule 3 to the 1987 Act, the worker’s pre-injury average weekly earnings are to be determined by having regard to the average weekly amount earned during the latest earning stage— > > > > > (a) by other persons who have attained the age of 21 years, and > > > > > (b) for the performance by those persons of similar work as the worker (whether or not with the worker’s employer). > > > (2) If there are no persons who have attained that age and who are so employed and performing similar work as the worker, the worker’s pre-injury average weekly earnings is the maximum weekly compensation amount. > > > (3) In this clause— > > > > latest earning stage means the period of 52 weeks before the worker attained the age of 21 years. > > **pt 4, div 3 (cll 8F, 8G):** Ins 2019 (455), Sch 1\[2\].