Section 80Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW)

Adjustment of amounts of benefits according to award rate of pay index

(cf former s 9A (2), (4))
(1) On and from each adjustment date and until immediately before the next following adjustment date, a reference in this Act to an adjustable amount shall be construed as a reference to an amount calculated as follows—
(2) The amount so calculated is (if for any reason it would be less than the amount calculated in respect of the previous adjustment date) to be the same as the amount calculated in respect of the previous adjustment date.

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