Section 34 — Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW)

(1AA) A weekly payment of compensation under this Subdivision is not to exceed the maximum weekly compensation amount.
(1) The maximum weekly compensation amount is $1,838.70.
(2) If the amount mentioned in subsection (1)—
(a) is adjusted by the operation of Division 6, or
(b) is adjusted by an amendment of this section,
the maximum weekly compensation amount applicable to a worker injured before the date on which the adjustment takes effect is, for any period of incapacity for work occurring on and after that date, to be determined by reference to that amount as so adjusted.
(3) Such an adjustment does not apply to the extent that the liability to make weekly payments of compensation in respect of any such period of incapacity has been commuted.

Related sections

• s 32 — Payment where no dependants
• s 32A — Definitions
• s 33 — Weekly compensation during total or partial incapacity for work
• s 36 — Weekly payments during first entitlement period (first 13 weeks)
• s 37 — Weekly payments during second entitlement period (weeks 14–130)
• s 38 — Weekly payments after second entitlement period (after week 130)

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