Queensland Consolidated Acts

CIVIL LIABILITY ACT 2003 - SECT 54

54 Damages for loss of earnings

(1) In making an award of damages for loss of earnings, including in a dependency claim, the maximum award a court may make is for an amount equal to the limit fixed by subsection (2) .

(2) The limit is an amount equal to the present value of 3 times average weekly earnings per week for each week of the period of loss of earnings.

(3) In this section—

"present value" means the value when the award is made.