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Section 24 - Motor Accidents (Compensation) Act 1979 - Dependent parents' benefit — Zoe

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24 Dependent parents' benefit Where a qualifying person dies in or as a result of an accident leaving the person surviving neither a spouse nor a dependent child but a dependent parent or parents who normally resides or reside with the person, that parent or those parents shall be paid an amount equal to 156 times average weekly earnings and, if more Part 6 Reviews and referrals to Tribunal Division 1 Preliminary matters Motor Accidents (Compensation) Act 1979 33 than one, in equal shares.

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