Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2007A00054:clause:1_15
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2007A00054
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 15
Character Range: 12923–13994

15  After subsection 8(9D)
Insert:

 (9E) The normal weekly earnings of an employee before an injury, as calculated under the preceding subsections, must, with effect from 1 July in each year, be further increased by the amount under subsection (9F) if, in the 12 months immediately preceding that 1 July:
 (a) there was no increase in those earnings under subsection (6), (7) or (9); and
 (b) there was no reduction in those earnings under subsection (9).

 (9F) If the normal weekly earnings of an employee before an injury must be increased because of subsection (9E), the amount by which they are increased is the percentage of increase (if any) in the index prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this subsection over the period of 12 months ending on the 31 December immediately before the relevant 1 July.

 (9G) For the purposes of subsection (9F), the regulations may specify the manner of calculating the further increase mentioned in that subsection by reference to the movement of the index that is prescribed for the purposes of that subsection.