Meaning of pre-injury earning capacity—person with new work arrangement
86 Meaning of pre-injury earning capacity—person with new work arrangement
In this Act:
pre-injury earning capacity, for a person with a new work arrangement, means the weekly amount of the following agreed to be paid to the injured person under the arrangement:
if the person will be an employee under the arrangement—the person’s gross income as an employee;
if the person will be self-employed under the arrangement—the person’s net income as a self-employed person.
In this section:
person with a new work arrangement means a person injured in a motor accident who, on the date of the motor accident—
has an arrangement—
with an employer or other person to undertake employment; or
to start business as a self-employed person on or after the date of the motor accident; but
is not any of the following:
an ongoing employee mentioned in section 81;
a self-employed person mentioned in section 82;
a casual worker mentioned in section 83;
an apprentice, trainee or young person mentioned in section 99;
a person mentioned in section 84 receiving workers compensation;
a person mentioned section 85 on unpaid leave;
a full-time student mentioned in section 87.
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