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Motor Accidents (Compensation) Act 1979
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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
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than one, in equal shares.