AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

WORKMEN’S COMPENSATION ORDINANCE 1975

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

No. 11 of 1975

	The Workmen’s Compensation Ordinance 1975 will amend the Workmen’s Compensation Ordinance 1951-1974 to provide that benefits payable under the Ordinance will be adjusted quarterly on the basis of a formula using the Consumer Price Index (all Groups) for Canberra published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

	The amending Ordinance also increases various lump sum benefits which have not been the subject of an increase since 1972 to provide a more realistic base figure for the application of indexation.

	The Workmen’s Compensation Ordinance 1975 has been considered and agreed to by the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly.

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