Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SEAMEN'S COMPENSATION ACT 1974 No. 93, 1974 - SECT 6

6. (1) Where, immediately before the date of commencement of this Act, a
person was receiving, or was entitled to receive, weekly payments in
accordance with the First Schedule to the Principal Act, he is, from and
including that date, entitled to receive weekly payments in accordance with
the Principal Act as amended by this Act.

(2) Where, before the date of commencement of this Act, weekly payments in
accordance with the First Schedule to the Principal Act would have been
payable to a seaman in respect of an injury or disease but for the fact that
he was not then incapacitated for work or but for the operation of clause (ii)
of sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (2) of that Schedule, and on or after that
date he becomes incapacitated for work as a result of the injury or disease or
that clause ceases to have effect in relation to him, weekly payments in
respect of that injury or disease shall be in accordance with the Principal
Act as amended by this Act.

(3) Where, on or after the date of commencement of this Act, death results
from an injury or disease in respect of which compensation was payable before
that date under the Principal Act, compensation shall be paid in respect of
that death in accordance with the Principal Act as amended by this Act.

(4) Where weekly payments that, by virtue of sub-section (1), became payable
in respect of a child in accordance with clause (i) of sub-paragraph (a) of
paragraph (1) of the First Schedule to the Principal Act as amended by this
Act cease, on or after the date of commencement of this Act, to be payable,
any additional amount of compensation payable in respect of that child shall
be payable in accordance with the Principal Act as amended by this Act.

(5) Where, immediately before the date of commencement of this Act, a seaman
was receiving, was entitled to receive, or, but for the operation of clause
(ii) of sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (2) of the First Schedule to the
Principal Act, would have been entitled to receive, weekly payments in
accordance with that Schedule in respect of an injury or injuries or a
disease, the provisions of section 5D of the Principal Act as amended by this
Act apply in relation to the injury, injuries or disease.

(6) The amendments made by this Act apply in relation to an injury sustained
on or after the date of commencement of this Act, and so apply whether the
accident or disease that caused the injury occurred before, on or after that
date.

(7) Expressions used in this section have the same respective meanings as in
the Principal Act.
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