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Workers Compensation Act 1987
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#### 87 Unclaimed money
87 Unclaimed money
(cf former s 62B)
> > (1) If—
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> > > (a) any money paid at any time to the NSW Trustee has been invested by the NSW Trustee for the benefit of a person entitled to the money under this Act or the former Act, and
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> > > (b) the whereabouts of the beneficiary has not been known to the NSW Trustee during any succeeding period of 10 years,
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> > the NSW Trustee may pay the money, together with accrued income from the investment of the money, to the credit of the Workers Compensation Operational Fund.
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> > (2) Money so credited to the Workers Compensation Operational Fund, together with accrued interest, shall—
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> > > (a) be paid out on the application of any person who would have been entitled to have it paid out if it had not been credited to that Fund, and
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> > > (b) at the request of the person for whose benefit it was invested before being credited to that Fund, or the legal personal representative of that person—again be so invested.
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> **s 87:** Am 1988 No 132, Sch 1 (4); 1989 No 121, Sch 1; 1996 No 120, Sch 1.9 \[8\]; 2009 No 49, Sch 2.64 \[2\]; 2015 No 19, Sch 5 \[11\].