Motor Accident Injuries Act 2019
174Amount of death benefits payable
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174 Amount of death benefits payable The following amounts of death benefits are payable to the dependants of a person who died as a result of a motor accident: (a) if, at the date of the motor accident, the dead person had a domestic partner or dependent former domestic partner— $190 000 AWE indexed; (b) if, at the date of the motor accident, the dead person had— (i) only 1 dependent child—$40 000 AWE indexed; or (ii) only 2 dependent children—$80 000 AWE indexed; or (iii) only 3 dependent children—$120 000 AWE indexed; or (iv) 4 or more dependent children—$160 000 AWE indexed.
Death benefits—payment Division 2.7.4