Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SEAFARERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1992 No. 234, 1992 - SECT 135

135.(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.