Sec. 102. longshoremen’s and harbor workers’ compensation act
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## Sec. 102 longshoremen’s and harbor workers’ compensation act **[**[42 U.S.C. 1702](/us/usc/t42/s1702)**]** ###
(a)In the administration of the provisions of such Act of September 7, 1916, as amended, with respect to cases coming within the purview of section 101 of this title, the scale of compensation benefits and the provisions for determining the amount of compensation and the payment thereof as provided in sections 8 and 9 of the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ compensation Act, approved March 4,1927 (44 Stat. 1424), as amended, so far as the provisions of said sections can be applied under the terms and conditions set forth therein, shall be payable in lieu of the benefits, except medical benefits, provided under such Act of September 7, 1916, as amended: Provided, That the total compensation payable under this title for injury or death shall in no event exceed the limitations upon compensation as fixed in section 14
(m)of such Act as such section may from time to time be amended except that the total compensation shall not be less than that provided for in the original enactment of this Act ###
(b)For the purpose of computing compensation with respect to cases coming within the purview of section 101 of this title, the provisions of sections 6 and 10 of such Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers“ Compensation Act, as amended, shall be applicable: Provided, That the minimum limit on weekly compensation for disability, established by section 6 (b), and the minimum limit on the average weekly wages on which death benefits are to be computed, established by section 9
(e)of such Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers” Compensation Act, as amended, shall not apply in computing compensation under this title.
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