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SAFETY, REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1988 - SECT 134

Reduction of compensation on reaching pension age

  (1)   When a former employee to whom section   131, 132 or 132A applies reaches pension age, the amount of compensation payable per week to the former employee but for this section must be reduced by an amount calculated under the formula:

Start formula start fraction 5 times open bracket Pension age minus Age as at commencing day close bracket over 100 end fraction times Amount of weekly compensation end formula

where:

"age as at commencing day" means the age of the former employee, expressed in completed years, as at the commencing day.

"amount of weekly compensation" means that amount of compensation payable per week to the former employee.

  (2)   Neither section   8 nor section   13 applies to the amount of compensation payable to an employee from time to time in accordance with subsection   (1).



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