Impact on Claim and Payment of Bonus

Extension of lodgement period for bereaved partner

Where a member of the scheme is the non-working partner of a working member who dies, the surviving partner become — s a non-accruing member for 13 weeks from the date of their partner's death. They must then lodge their claim for designated pension and pension bonus within 13 weeks of the end of this non-accruing period, unless special circumstances prevented them from doing so. The surviving partner therefore has a total of 26 weeks to lodge the claim for bonus following the death. The bereaved partner may also choose to commence working and continue as a member of the scheme.     

Claim approved before death

If a claim for pension and bonus has been approved before death, and the person dies before the pension and bonus have been paid, then the bonus is payable to the legal personal representative of the person.    

Death after claiming but prior to approval

If a person dies after submitting a claim for pension and bonus, their claim will be processed as follows:

• the Commission determines the claim as if the person had not died, and
• any bonus payable is paid to the person's legal personal representative.