Death of Claimant or Child Before Claim Determined

Death of claimant

If a person has lodged a claim for service pension or income support supplement and dies before that claim can be determined, a bereavement payment is payable in respect of that person if he or she was eligible for the pension immediately before he or she died.

Death of child

If a person who has a dependent child has lodged a claim for service pension or income support supplement and their child dies before that claim can be determined, a bereavement payment is payable in respect of the child if the claimant was eligible for pension immediately before the child died.

Death of a pension bonus scheme member

If a member of the pension bonus scheme (PBS) dies after submitting a claim for pension and bonus, the claim is determined as if the person had not died, and any bonus payable is paid to the person's legal personal representative. If a member dies on or after 1 January 2008 before submitting a claim for pension bonus, their bereaved partner may be eligible to claim a pension bonus bereavement payment (PBBP), in lieu of the bonus paya — ble to the deceased member.