11Amount of ex gratia payment

### 11 Amount of ex gratia payment > > (1)  The amount of an ex gratia payment – > > > > > > (a) in respect of an applicant referred to in [section 5(3)](#GS5@Gs3@EN) , is, subject to [subsection (2)](#GS11@Gs2@EN) , an amount not exceeding $5 000; and > > > > > > > (b) in respect of an applicant referred to in [section 5(1)](#GS5@Gs1@EN) or [(2)](#GS5@Gs2@EN) , is an amount that is equal to the amount remaining in the Stolen Generations Fund, after deducting the payments referred to in [paragraph (a)](#GS11@Gs1@Hpa@EN) , divided by the number of ex gratia payments authorised by the Stolen Generations Assessor in respect of applicants referred to in [section 5(1)](#GS5@Gs1@EN) and [(2)](#GS5@Gs2@EN) . > > > (2)  The amount of ex gratia payments in respect of a family group of children is not to exceed $20 000 and is to be distributed equally among the family group of children. > > > (3)  A person who, but for [section 4(2)](#GS4@Gs2@EN) , would have been entitled to receive ex gratia payments under [section 11(1)(a)](#GS11@Gs1@Hpa@EN) and [section 11(1)(b)](#GS11@Gs1@Hpb@EN) is entitled to receive the larger of those ex gratia payments. > > > (4)  For the purposes of [subsection (2)](#GS11@Gs2@EN)  – > > > > > ***family group of children*** means applicants under [section 5(3)](#GS5@Gs3@EN) who are the living biological children of a deceased person referred to in [section 5(3)(b)](#GS5@Gs3@Hpb@EN) .