Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00203:clause:6_32b
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00203
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 6 cl 32B
Character Range: 274538–275984

32B  Compensation for permanent incapacity—report of assessment and amount of compensation

Report of assessment
 (1) A person who undertakes a permanent incapacity assessment of an employee must, as soon as practicable after concluding the assessment:
 (a) prepare a written report of the assessment, including findings as to the matters mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) of the definition of permanent incapacity assessment in subsection 32(3); and
 (b) give a copy of that written report to:
 (i) the employee; and
 (ii) the responsible party who arranged the assessment.
Note: Paragraphs (a) and (b) of the definition of permanent incapacity assessment in subsection 32(3) relate to whether, and to what degree, the employee has suffered permanent incapacity.

Amount of lump sum compensation
 (2) For the purposes of paragraph 31(2)(b), if the report of a permanent incapacity assessment indicates that the employee has suffered permanent incapacity with a specified percentage of permanent loss or impairment of bodily or mental function, the amount of lump sum compensation payable to the employee in relation to the loss or impairment is:
 (a) if the specified percentage is 2% or less—nil; and
 (b) if the specified percentage is 90% or more—an amount prescribed by the rules for the purposes of this paragraph; and
 (c) otherwise—an amount that is the specified percentage of the amount prescribed for the purposes of paragraph (b).