24Compensation in the case of death

24 Compensation in the case of death

(1)  *[Section 24 Subsection (1) amended by No. 44 of 1993, s. 14 and Sched. 1 and s. 15 and Sched. 2 ]*Where it is established to the satisfaction of the Secretary, on the certificate of a certifying medical practitioner, or, on appeal from that certificate, on the certificate of a medical referee, that the death of an employee has been caused by disease, and the death has occurred –

(a) while he was employed as an employee; or

(b) while he was in receipt of a weekly payment under this Act in respect of incapacity due to disease –

the dependants of the employee are entitled to compensation in accordance with this section.

(2)  *[Section 24 Subsection (2) amended by No. 54 of 1959, s. 4 ][Section 24 Subsection (2) substituted by No. 16 of 1965, s. 5 ][Section 24 Subsection (2) amended by No. 78 of 1967, s. 4 and Sched. 1 ]*The compensation payable in respect of the death of any person is a sum of an amount calculated by multiplying the basic rate at the date of his death by the appropriate multiplier and deducting from the product the aggregate of the amounts (as determined in accordance with section twenty-five AA ) of the sums paid to him by way of compensation under this Act before his death.

(3)  *[Section 24 Subsection (3) amended by No. 54 of 1959, s. 4 ]**[Section 24 Subsection (3) substituted by No. 16 of 1965, s. 5 ]*The appropriate multiplier for the purposes of subsection (2) of this section is two hundred and sixty-three, increased, in the case of a person who leaves one or more dependent children, each of whom, at the date of the death of that person, either is under the age of sixteen years or is under the age of twenty-one years and receiving full-time education at a university, college, school, or similar institution, by –

(a) if there are not more than three such children, seven in respect of each of those children; or

(b) if there are more than three such children, twenty-one.

(4)  *[Section 24 Subsection (4) amended by No. 44 of 1993, s. 14 and Sched. 1 ]*Claims for compensation under this section shall be determined by the Secretary on application to it in the prescribed manner by or on behalf of a person claiming to be interested therein as a dependant, and upon a claim therefor being made the Secretary may determine –