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Workers Compensation Act 1951
84BPayments to families of deceased workers
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84B Payments to families of deceased workers
(1) On application by a family member of a worker made within
3 months after the death of the worker, the employer must pay the
family member—
(a) for the deceased worker’s domestic partner—$10 000 cpi
indexed; or
(b) for any other family member—$5 000 cpi indexed.
(2) An employer must, within 48 hours after the employer receives the
application, give the application to the licensed insurer liable to
indemnify the employer for the payment.
(3) The employer must pay the family member the amount mentioned in
subsection (1) within 7 days after the day the employer receives the
application.
(4) The employer may refuse to pay a family member if the employer has
already paid a total of $50 000 cpi indexed to other family members
family member, of a deceased worker, means—
(a) any of the following people who, in the 6 months before the
worker’s death, lived with the worker:
(i) a domestic partner;
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(ii) a child or stepchild;
(iii) a parent or step-parent; or
(b) any other person prescribed by regulation.