Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS 1982 - REG 2A

2A .         Indexation of child’s allowance and redemption amount

        (1)         If the minimum award rates that would be relevant to calculating the amount of —

            (a)         the child’s allowance, as defined in section 5(1) of the Act; or

            (b)         the redemption amount, as defined in the Act Schedule 5 clause 1,

                for a particular financial year are not published, the amount to be calculated for that financial year ( the relevant year ) is to be obtained by varying the amount for the preceding financial year as described in subregulation (2).

        (2)         To vary an amount as described in this subregulation, it is varied by the percentage by which the amount that the Australian Statistician published as the Labour Price Index (formerly known as the Wage Cost Index), ordinary time hourly rates of pay (excluding bonuses) for Western Australia varied between the second‑last December quarter before the relevant year commenced and the last December quarter before the relevant year commenced.

        [Regulation 2A inserted in Gazette 17 Nov 2000 p. 6309‑10; amended in Gazette 28 Oct 2005 p. 4861; 19 Mar 2010 p. 1038.]