Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SEAFARERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1992 No. 234, 1992 - SECT 41

41.(1) If an injury to an employee results in a permanent impairment and
compensation is payable for the injury under section 39, the employer is
liable to pay additional compensation in accordance with this section to the
employee for any non-economic loss suffered by the employee as a result of the
injury or impairment.

(2) The amount of compensation is an amount worked out using the formula:
                     Degree of                        Degree of

    $18,895.98   x   permanent   +   $18,895.98   x   non-economic

                     impairment                       loss
where:

"Degree of permanent impairment" means the percentage finally determined under
section 39 to be the degree of permanent impairment of the employee;

"Degree of non-economic loss" means the percentage determined under the
approved Guide, by the employer, to be the degree of non-economic loss
suffered by the employee.