Part 4Entitlements and related matters
Vocational independence
113Claimant who no longer has vocational independence regains entitlement to weekly compensation
If the Corporation determines under section 109 that a claimant no longer has vocational independence, the claimant regains his or her entitlement to weekly compensation, and the regained entitlement starts from the date of the determination or an earlier date determined by the Corporation.
On regaining entitlement to weekly compensation, the claimant is entitled to it at the higher of the following rates:
- the rate of compensation to which the claimant was entitled when he or she lost the entitlement, adjusted for the intervening period in the manner provided in section 115; or
- the rate of compensation to which the claimant is entitled under Part 2 of Schedule 1, calculated at the time that he or she regains the entitlement.
Notes
- Section 113(1): amended, on , by section 3 of the Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Amendment Act (No 2) 2003 (2003 No 80).