South Australian Numbered Acts South Australian Numbered Acts25—Amendment of section 44—Compensation payable on
death—weekly payments
(1)
Section 44(1)—delete "compensation is payable" and substitute:
compensation in the form of weekly payments is payable
(2) Section 44(1)(a),
(b) and (c)—delete paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) and substitute:
(a) a
dependent spouse or domestic partner is entitled to weekly payments equal
to—
(i)
in the case of total dependency—50%;
(ii)
in the case of partial dependency—such lesser
percentage as may be fixed by the Corporation having regard to the extent of
the dependency,
of the amount of the notional weekly earnings of the deceased worker;
(b) a
dependent child (being an orphaned child) is entitled to weekly payments equal
to—
(i)
in the case of total dependency—25%;
(ii)
in the case of partial dependency—such lesser
percentage as may be fixed by the Corporation having regard to the extent of
the dependency,
of the amount of the notional weekly earnings of the deceased worker;
(3)
Section 44(1)(e)—delete "lump sum or"
(4)
Section 44(2)—delete subsection (2)
(5)
Section 44(3)—delete subsection (3)
(6)
Section 44(4a)—delete subsection (4a)
(7)
Section 44(5)—delete "subsection (1)(c)" and substitute:
subsection (1)(b)
(8)
Section 44(10)—delete "(either by way of lump sum or weekly payment)"