Payment Arrangements for Dependent Child Bereavement Payment

Dependent Child Bereavement Payment

An eligible pensioner is entitled to receive 98 days of entitlement at the rate that would have been payable had the child not died.

Components of pension included

The additional components of pension in respect of a dependent child that make up the bereavement payment include:

• the additional amount of remote area allowance paid in respect of a FTB child, and    
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• any additional amount of pension payable to the pensioner as a result of applying the additional income free area in respect of the deceased child.

Payment arrangements

The child related components of pension representing the bereavement payment can be:

• paid as a lump sum, or
• incorporated into regular pension payments over the bereavement period; or
• a combination of both.

Reassessment at end of bereavement period

The pensioner's rate is reassessed at the end of the 98 day bereavement period.