237Dependent children and partners and partially dependent partner

237 Dependent children and partners and partially dependent partner (1) If the worker leaves— (a) one or more partially dependent partners; or (b) one or more partially dependent partners and one or more dependants, whether dependent children or dependent partners— each partially dependent partner, each dependent child and each dependent partner is entitled to the amount of compensation, being such share of a sum not exceeding $555 350 which the court, the Authority or self-insurer considers is reasonable and appropriate to the injury to that dependant. (2) If the worker does not leave any dependent partner, dependent child or partially dependent partner but leaves any other person who is to any extent dependent on the worker's earnings, the amount of compensation is a sum not exceeding $555 350 which the court, Authority or self‑insurer considers is reasonable and appropriate to the injury to that person or, if more than one, to those persons in such shares as the court, the Authority, or self-insurer determines. (3) If the worker, being under the age of 21 years at the time of the injury, leaves no dependent partner, dependent child or partially dependent partner but, immediately before the injury, was contributing to the maintenance of the home of the members of the worker's family, the members of the worker's family are deemed to have been partly dependent on the worker's earnings at the time of the worker's death. S. 237AA inserted by No. 27/2025 s. 15. 237AA Other dependants (1) If a worker leaves— (a) one or more dependants, whether dependent partners or dependent children or partially dependent partners; and (b) any other person who is to any extent dependent on the worker's earnings— each person referred to in paragraph (b) is entitled to an amount of compensation, being a sum not exceeding $20 000, which the court, Authority or self-insurer considers is reasonable and appropriate to the injury to that person. (2) To avoid doubt, a determination of the amount of compensation to which a dependant is entitled under section 236 or 237 is not affected by, and does not affect, a determination of the amount of compensation to which a dependant is entitled under subsection (1). S. 237A inserted by No. 27/2025 s. 15.