Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00175:section:124:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00175
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 124 (pt 2/4)
Character Range: 396860–399404

or death that occurred before the commencing day, shall be the same as the amount of the compensation that would have been payable to that person, if this Act had not been enacted, under:
 (a) where the impairment or death occurred before the commencement of the 1930 Act—the 1912 Act;
 (b) where the impairment or death occurred after the commencement of the 1930 Act but before the commencement of the 1971 Act—the 1930 Act as in force when the impairment or death occurred; or
 (c) in any other case—the 1971 Act as in force when the impairment or death occurred.
 (5) A person is not entitled to compensation under section 29 in respect of any period occurring before the commencing day.
 (6) A person is not entitled to compensation under subsection 17(5) in respect of the death of an employee, or under section 19, 20, 21, 22 or 31 in respect of an incapacity, where the compensation relates to a period occurring before the commencing day, if:
 (a) that person received weekly payments of compensation in respect of that death or incapacity in relation to that period under the 1912 Act, the 1930 Act or the 1971 Act; or
 (b) that person was not entitled to receive weekly payments of compensation in respect of that death or incapacity in relation to that period:
 (i) where the death or period of incapacity occurred before the commencement of the 1930 Act—under the 1912 Act;
 (ii) where the death or period of incapacity occurred after the commencement of the 1930 Act but before the commencement of the 1971 Act—under the 1930 Act as in force when the death or period of incapacity occurred; or
 (iii) in any other case—under the 1971 Act as in force when the death or period of incapacity occurred.
 (7) The rate of compensation (if any) that a person is, by virtue of this section, entitled to receive under subsection 17(5) in respect of the death of an employee, or under section 19, 20, 21, 22 or 31 in respect of an incapacity, where the compensation relates to a period occurring before the commencing day, shall be the same as the rate of compensation that would have been payable to that person in relation to that period, if this Act had not been enacted, under:
 (a) where the period occurred before the commencement of the 1930 Act—the 1912 Act;
 (b) where the period occurred after the commencement of the 1930 Act but before the commencement of the 1971 Act—the 1930 Act as in force during the period; or
 (c) in any other case—the 1971 Act as in force during the period.
 (8) A person is not entitled to compensation