PIAWE

1. In this Act, pre-injury average weekly earnings PIAWE, in respect of a relevant period in relation to a worker, means, subject to this section, the sum of —
   1. the average of the worker's ordinary earnings during the relevant period (excluding from that period any week during which the worker did not actually work and —
      1. was on unpaid leave or
      2. was on paid leave at a rate less than the base rate of pay) —

      expressed as a weekly sum and

   2. the worker's earnings enhancement (if any) in the relevant enhancement period.
2. If a worker has been continuously employed by the same employer for less than 4 weeks before the injury, pre-injury average weekly earnings, in relation to that worker, may be calculated having regard to —
   1. the average of the worker's ordinary earnings that the worker could reasonably have been expected to have earned in that employment but for the injury, during the period of 52 weeks after the injury expressed as a weekly sum and
   2. the worker's earnings enhancement (if any) in the relevant enhancement period.
3. If a worker —
   1. was not a full-time Full-time worker means a worker who is employed for at least the normal number of hours fixed in any industrial award applicable to the worker or if there is no applicable award the prescribed number of hours worker immediately before the injury and
   2. at the time of the injury was seeking full-time employment and
   3. had been predominantly a full-time worker during the period of 78 weeks immediately before the injury —

   pre-injury average weekly earnings, in relation to that worker, means the sum of —

   4. the average of the worker's ordinary earnings while employed during the period of 78 weeks immediately before the injury (excluding from that period any week during which the worker did not actually work and —
      1. was on unpaid leave or
      2. was on paid leave at a rate less than the base rate of pay) —

   whether or not the employer is the same employer as at the time of the injury, expressed as a weekly sum and

   5. the worker's earnings enhancement (if any) in the relevant enhancement period.
4. If a worker is a person engaged by an employer to participate as a contestant in a sporting or athletic activity within the meaning of clause 17(1) of Schedule 1 and the injury is not received while the person is —
   1. participating or training for or preparing to participate, as a contestant in a sporting or athletic activity or
   2. travelling between a place of residence and a place where the activity, training or preparation is held —

   any remuneration paid or payable in respect of such participation, training, preparation or travel is not to be taken into account in calculating the worker's pre-injury average weekly earnings.

5. In relation to a worker of a class referred to in column 2 of an item in Schedule 2, "pre-injury average weekly earnings" means the amount determined in accordance with column 3 of that item, expressed as a weekly sum.
6. In relation to a worker to whom clause 7 or 8 of Schedule 1 applies, the worker's pre-injury average weekly earnings must be calculated with reference to the amounts payable to the worker and deemed to be remuneration under that clause, expressed as a weekly sum.
7. In relation to a worker to whom clause 6 or 9 of Schedule 1 applies, the worker's pre-injury average weekly earnings must be calculated with reference to the amounts payable to the contractor and deemed to be remuneration under that clause, expressed as a weekly sum.