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amount', in relation to a Department or Commonwealth authority for a financial year, means the amount (if any), determined by the Commission to be an appropriate amount to be added to the prescribed amount in relation to the Department or authority for that year, having regard to:

     (a)     the number of claims made by, or in relation to, employees of the Department or authority in each previous financial year; and

     (b)     the amount of compensation paid to, or in relation to, such employees under this Act; and

     (c)     the nature and extent of any rehabilitation programs provided by the Department or authority to such employees under Part III; and

     (d)     the nature and extent of any occupational health and safety programs provided by the Department or authority for its employees;

'prescribed amount', in relation to a Department or Commonwealth authority for a financial year, means an amount worked out using the formula:

Estimated liability + Estimated administrative costs

where:

'Estimated liability' means the estimated amount of the Commission's liability under this Act in respect of the number of injuries that the Commission estimates will be sustained by employees of the Department

or authority during that financial year, being an amount estimated by the Commission using such methods and having regard to such matters (if any) as the Minister directs;

'Estimated administrative costs' means the estimated administrative costs of the Commission during that year that are reasonably attributable to the Department or authority, having regard to the estimated number of claims made in respect of those injuries.

Estimate of premium for certain Commonwealth authorities

"96b. When a Commonwealth authority is liable under section 128a to pay an amount in respect of an injury, loss or damage suffered by one of its employees, the Commission, in estimating the amount of the premium of the authority for a financial year, must disregard:

  (a)     any claim relating to that injury, loss or damage; and

    (b)     any amount paid by the authority under section 128a in respect of that injury, loss or damage.

Information to be given to Commission

"96c. (1) The Secretary to each Department, and the principal officer of each Commonwealth authority (other than an administering authority), must give the Commission, within 14 days after this section commences, a written estimate of the amount to be paid to employees of the Department or authority, as the case may be, by way of salary, wages or pay during the financial year starting on 1 July 1991.

"(2) The Secretary to each Department, and the principal officer of each Commonwealth authority (other than an administering authority), must give the Commission, not later than the prescribed day in 1992 and in each later year, a written