AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
Workmen’s Compensation Ordinance 1974
WORKMEN’S COMPENSATION ORDINANCE

No. 34 of 1974

	Under the Workmen’s Compensation Ordinance 1951-1973 persons injured at work after 5 April 1973 are entitled to an aggregate of six months on full accident pay.

	Persons not entitled to full accident pay or persons who have ceased to become entitled to full accident pay receive the Schedule benefits under the Ordinance ($43 per week for a single worker, $11 for a dependent spouse and $5 for each dependent child).

	The Workmen’s Compensation Ordinance 1974 will increase the benefits to $57 per week for a single worker (an increase of $14), to $15 per week for a dependent spouse (an increase of $4) and to $7 for each dependent child (an increase of $2).  This will give a family with two children a weekly payment of $86.  Where benefits would exceed the injured persons income were he still at work the benefits will be the lesser amount.

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