124CRecoverable death payments

#### 124C Recoverable death payments (1) If, apart from this subsection, the Commonwealth does not have power, under this Act or the previous legislation, to pay an amount (the relevant amount) in any of the following circumstances: (a) the relevant amount is deposited to an account kept in the name of a deceased person; (b) the relevant amount is deposited to an account kept in the names of a deceased person and another person; (c) the relevant amount is paid by way of a cheque made out to a deceased person; the Commonwealth may pay the relevant amount in the circumstances mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c), so long as: (d) on the last day on which changes could reasonably be made to the payment of the relevant amount, the chief executive officer (however described) of CSC did not know that the deceased person had died; and (e) apart from this subsection, the relevant amount would have been payable as a benefit to the deceased person if the deceased person had not died. (2) If a payment is made under subsection (1), the relevant amount is taken to have been paid to the deceased person’s estate. Recovery (3) If a payment is made under subsection (1), the relevant amount: (a) is a debt due to the Commonwealth by the legal personal representative of the deceased person; and (b) may be recovered by CSC, on behalf of the Commonwealth, in a court of competent jurisdiction. (4) For the purposes of subsections 126(4) and (5), in determining whether an amount is payable, disregard subsection (1) of this section. (5) If the relevant amount is recovered under subsection 126(4) or (5), the relevant amount cannot be recovered under subsection (3) of this section. (6) If the relevant amount is recovered under subsection (3) of this section, the relevant amount cannot be recovered under subsection 126(4) or (5). Benefit (7) For the purposes of this section, benefit includes pension or other money payable under the previous legislation.