Queensland Consolidated Regulations

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION REGULATION 2014 - REG 113

113 Payment of caring allowance—Act, s 225(a)

(1) For section 225 (a) of the Act , if an insurer pays a caring allowance, the prescribed way of payment is for the insurer to—

(a) decide the number of hours of the level of care required by the worker having regard to the occupational therapist’s report, and the graduated scale set out in schedule 5 ; and

(b) decide the allowance having regard to the information in the occupational therapist’s report; and

(c) pay the allowance at an hourly rate equal to the carer pension rate divided by 35.

(2) In this section—

"carer pension rate" means the weekly amount of the maximum single carer pension rate payable from time to time under a Commonwealth law, but does not include an amount for allowances such as rent assistance or family payment.

"occupational therapist’s report" means the report prepared by the occupational therapist under section 224 (3) of the Act .