Queensland Consolidated Acts

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION ACT 2003 - SECT 128G

128G Lump sum compensation

(1) The worker is entitled to lump sum compensation under this subdivision of no more than 80.97 times QOTE for the injury.

(2) The amount of the lump sum compensation is payable according to a graduated scale prescribed by regulation, calculated on the basis of—

(a) the worker’s pneumoconiosis score; and

(b) the worker’s lodgement age.

(3) For subsection (2) , a regulation may prescribe bands (each a
"pneumoconiosis band" ) that comprise particular pneumoconiosis scores.

(4) Subject to section 140 , the worker’s entitlement to lump sum compensation under this subdivision is in addition to any entitlement to lump sum compensation under part 10 .

(5) This section applies despite section 176 .