Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00587:section:80
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00587
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 80
Character Range: 157292–158756

80  Additional amounts payable if maximum compensation paid
 (1) This section applies to a person (the impaired person) who has been paid, or is entitled to be paid, compensation under this Part if the Commission has determined that the degree of impairment suffered by the person as a result of one or more service injuries or diseases constitutes at least 80 impairment points.
 (2) The Commonwealth is liable to pay the impaired person $60,000 for each person who is both a dependant of the impaired person and an eligible young person at the later of:
 (a) the date determined by the Commission to be the date on which the impairment suffered by the impaired person constitutes at least 80 impairment points; or
 (b) either:
 (i) if the person has a single service injury or disease—the date on which a claim was made under section 319 for acceptance of liability for the injury or disease; or
 (ii) otherwise—the date on which the most recent claim was made under section 319 for acceptance of liability for one of the service injuries or diseases concerned.
Note: The amount of $60,000 is indexed under section 404.
 (3) The amount specified in subsection (2) is also payable in respect of a child of the impaired person:
 (a) who was born alive on or after the later of those times but who was conceived before that time; or
 (b) who was adopted on or after the later of those times but in respect of whom adoption proceedings were begun before that time.