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This instrument specifies the rate used in the calculation of the ‘weekly interest on the lump sum’ in respect of incapacity payments under sections 21 and 21A of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 and repeals the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Weekly Interest on the Lump Sum) Instrument 2021.
Administered by: Employment and Workplace Relations
Registered 30 Jun 2022
Tabling HistoryDate
Tabled HR26-Jul-2022
Tabled Senate26-Jul-2022
To be repealed 01 Jul 2023
Repealed by Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Weekly Interest on the Lump Sum) Instrument 2023

                                                                                                                            

Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Weekly Interest on the Lump Sum) Instrument 2022

I, TONY BURKE, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, make the following instrument.

Dated   30 June 2022              

TONY BURKE

Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

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1  Name........................................................................................................................................ 3

2  Commencement........................................................................................................................ 3

3  Authority.................................................................................................................................. 3

4  Definitions................................................................................................................................ 3

5  Schedule................................................................................................................................... 3

6  Specified rate............................................................................................................................ 3

Schedule 1—Repeals                                                                                                     4

Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Weekly Interest on the Lump Sum) Instrument 2021            4                                                                                                        

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1  Name

                   This instrument is the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Weekly Interest on the Lump Sum) Instrument 2022.

2  Commencement

                   This instrument commences on 1 July 2022.

3  Authority

                   This instrument is made under subsection 21(5) of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988.

4   Definitions

                   In this instrument:

                   Act means the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988.

5  Schedule

Each instrument that is specified in Schedule 1 to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in that Schedule, and any other item in that Schedule has effect according to its terms.

6  Specified rate

                   For the purposes of the definition of weekly interest on the lump sum in subsections 21(3) and 21A(3) of the Act, the rate of 1.67 per cent per annum is specified for the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Schedule 1—Repeals

Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Weekly Interest on the Lump Sum) Instrument 2021

Note: See section 5.  

1  The whole of the instrument

Repeal the instrument.