“earnings”

means -

(a)in the case of a person who was performing risk work on the relevant date contemplated in section 49, the amount determined in accordance with the provisions of section 80A;
(b)in the case of a person who was not performing risk work on the said date, the amount determined in accordance with the provisions of section 80B;

[Definition inserted by section 1 of the Occupational Diseases in Mines and Works Amendment Act, No. 208 of 1993]