Queensland Consolidated Acts

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION ACT 2003 - SECT 154

154 Total incapacity—workers receiving certain benefits under Commonwealth law

(1) This section applies if a totally incapacitated worker was receiving an age, disability support or class B widow pension under a Commonwealth law when the injury was sustained.

(2) The compensation payable to the worker is the lesser of the following amounts—

(a) the amount the worker was earning at the time of the injury;

(b) the amount the worker is entitled to earn before the maximum pension payable to the worker is reduced.