Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Weekly Interest on the Lump Sum) Instrument 2022

I, TONY BURKE, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, make the following instrument.

Dated  30 June 2022  

TONY BURKE

Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations

Contents

1  Name...................................................3

2  Commencement............................................3

3  Authority................................................3

4  Definitions...............................................3

5  Schedule.................................................3

6  Specified rate..............................................3

Schedule 1—Repeals 4

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1  Name

  This instrument is the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Weekly Interest on the Lump Sum) Instrument 2022.

2  Commencement

 This instrument commences on 1 July 2022.

3  Authority

  This instrument is made under subsection 21(5) of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988.

4  Definitions

  In this instrument:

  Act means the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988.

5  Schedule

Each instrument that is specified in Schedule 1 to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in that Schedule, and any other item in that Schedule has effect according to its terms.

6  Specified rate

  For the purposes of the definition of weekly interest on the lump sum in subsections 21(3) and 21A(3) of the Act, the rate of 1.67 per cent per annum is specified for the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

Schedule 1—Repeals

Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Weekly Interest on the Lump Sum) Instrument 2021

Note: See section 5.  

1  The whole of the instrument

Repeal the instrument.