72Compensation payable to person who has imminently fatal compensable disease

72 Compensation payable to person who has imminently fatal compensable disease

(1)  Subject to this Act, the compensation payable under this Act to a person –

(a) who has a compensable disease that was, before the commencement day, correctly diagnosed by a medical specialist to be an asbestos-related disease; and

(b) who was notified of that diagnosis by the medical specialist; and

(c) in relation to whom the Commissioner or the Tribunal has made a determination under this Act that the person has an imminently fatal asbestos-related disease –

is a lump sum equivalent to the relevant amount in relation to the person.

(2)  For the purposes of subsection (1) , the relevant amount in relation to a person is the total of –

(a) 360 compensation units; and

(b) the number of compensation units, determined in accordance with regulations prescribed for the purposes of this subsection, for a person of the age of the person on the commencement day.

(3)  Subject to this Act, the compensation payable under this Act to a person –

(a) to whom subsection (1) does not apply; and

(b) who has a compensable disease that was, after the commencement day, correctly diagnosed by a medical specialist to be an asbestos-related disease; and

(c) who was notified of that diagnosis by the medical specialist; and

(d) in relation to whom the Commissioner or the Tribunal has made a subsequent determination under this Act that the person has an imminently fatal asbestos-related disease –

is a lump sum equivalent to the relevant amount in relation to the person.

(4)  For the purposes of subsection (3) , the relevant amount in relation to a person is the total of –

(a) 360 compensation units; and

(b) the number of compensation units, determined in accordance with regulations prescribed for the purposes of this subsection, for a person of the age of the person on the day on which the person is first notified, by a medical specialist who has correctly diagnosed that the person has an imminently fatal asbestos-related disease, that the person has the disease.