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Workers Compensation Act 1951
37What if the worker is dead?
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37 What if the worker is dead?
(1) A worker is not entitled to weekly compensation if the worker is dead.
(2) However, this section does not affect an entitlement to weekly
compensation that accrued before the worker’s death.