No091994

NOTICE TO SHIPPING INDUSTRY ORGANISATIONS 

AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES

NOTICE NO 9/1994

MAXIMUM LEVEL OF BENEFITS

Subsection 31(7) of the Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992 provides that the maximum amount of weekly compensation payable after the first 45 weeks of incapacity is 150% of the Average Weekly Ordinary Time Earnings of Full-time Adults (AWOTEFA), as published from time to time by the Australian Statistician.

The AWOTEFA amount (issued by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on 6 December 1994 – catalogue number 6302.0) is $620.40.

Accordingly, from that date the maximum amount of weekly compensation payable after 45 weeks incapacity is $930.60 (150% x $620.40).

Issued: December 1994