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SEAFARERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1992 - SECT 135

Assignment, set - off or attachment of compensation

  (1)   An assignment of any compensation payable under this Act is void as against the employer or the Authority.

  (2)   Except as provided by this Act, an amount payable by an employee or a dependant of a deceased employee to an employer or the Fund must not be set off against the amount of any compensation payable under this Act to the employee or for the benefit of the dependant.

  (3)   Except as provided by the Child Support Act 1988 or by regulations under the Family Law Act 1975 , compensation payable under this Act is not subject to attachment.



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