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Statutory Benefit Rates under the Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992
The Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992 (the Seafarers Act) specifies a number of compensatory benefits which are indexed periodically in accordance the Consumer Price Index, the Wage Price Index and the Average Weekly Ordinary Time Earnings for Full Time Adults.
- Seacare Scheme - Statutory Rates (as at 1 July 2011) [pdf]
- Seacare Scheme - Statutory Rates (as at 1 July 2011) [rtf]
This section sets out the current statutory rates of benefits under the Seafarers Act including:
- Compensation benefits
- Maximum level of benefits payable after 45 weeks
- Kilometre rate
- Specified diseases and specified employments
- Rate of interest.