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Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988
55Survival of claims
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#### 55 Survival of claims
(1) Where a person who is entitled to make a claim for compensation under this Act dies without making a claim, a claim may be made by the person’s personal representative.
(2) A claim is not affected by the death of the claimant after the claim was served.
(3) Section 111 applies in relation to an amount payable under a determination made in respect of a claim referred to in this section as if the deceased person had died after the determination was made.
(4) This section does not apply in relation to a claim for compensation under section 27.