Meaning of pre-injury weekly income—person receiving workers compensation
84 Meaning of pre-injury weekly income—person receiving workers compensation
In this Act:
pre-injury weekly income, for a person receiving workers compensation, means the average weekly amount of the sum of the following amounts from all paid work undertaken by the person in the 52 weeks immediately before the date of the motor accident:
the person’s gross income as an employee;
the person’s net income as a self-employed person.
The MAI guidelines may make provision in relation to the matters to be taken into account to determine an injured person’s pre-injury weekly income or pre-injury earning capacity (see s 88).
In this section:
person receiving workers compensation means a person injured in a motor accident who was, on the date of the motor accident, receiving a weekly payment or other payment in relation to loss of income under a workers compensation scheme.
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