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Accident Compensation Act 2001

Miscellaneous provisions - Regulation-making powers

327: Regulations relating to indexation

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“Rules for adjusting payments to match changes in living costs”

The Governor-General can make rules about how to adjust certain payments for changes in the cost of living. This is called indexation. These rules can be made on the advice of the Minister. The rules can say:

  • How to calculate changes to weekly compensation payments
  • How to calculate changes to other types of payments
  • When these changes should take effect
  • How to adjust the independence allowance

These rules are a type of law called secondary legislation. This means they need to be published in a certain way, as explained in the Legislation Act 2019.

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Part 9 Miscellaneous provisions
Regulation-making powers

327Regulations relating to indexation

  1. For the purposes of this Act, the Governor-General may, on the recommendation of the Minister, by Order in Council, make regulations—

  2. prescribing the formula or formulas for indexation under section 115:
    1. prescribing the formula or formulas for indexation under section 116:
      1. prescribing the effective date or dates for the purposes of sections 115 and 116:
        1. prescribing the formula or formulas for indexation of the independence allowance under this Act or a former Act that is payable under this Act.

            1. Regulations under this section are secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

            Notes
            • Section 327(1)(e): repealed, on , by section 60(6) of the Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Amendment Act (No 2) 2005 (2005 No 45).
            • Section 327(2): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).
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