Ch 4 Determining SRCA/ADB Lump Sum Entitlements

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4.1 Identifying 'Dependants' who may be Entitled to Compensation

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4.1.1 The scheme of the Act

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4.1.2 The delegates investigation re: 'dependants'

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4.1.3 Dependants = claimants?

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4.1.4 Investigation strategy

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4.2 Who is a prescribed child?

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4.3 Dependants other than a spouse/children

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4.4 Liability Where There are No Dependants

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4.5 Economic Dependency

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4.5.1 No Economic Dependants

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4.6 Determining the Lump Sum Option to be Paid

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4.7 Principles for Apportioning the Death Lump Sum between Dependants

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4.7.1 Every dependant is potentially entitled to receive some part of the lump sum

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4.7.2 The lump sum may be distributed unequally between the deceased employee's dependants

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4.7.3 Economic loss is to be ascertained by reference to the sources of economic support available to each dependant at the date of the employee's death

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4.7.4 The time period during which the employee could reasonably have been expected to continue supporting each dependant should be taken into account

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4.8 Guidelines for Apportioning the Lump Sum

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4.9 Calculating the Amount of Economic Loss

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4.9.1 Where total payable to all of the dependants exceeds Ss17(4) limit

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4.9.2 Examples

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4.10 Weekly Payments to 'Prescribed Children'

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4.11 Review of S17(5) Weekly Payments to 'Prescribed Children'

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4.12 Other death benefits

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4.12.1 Additional Death Benefit (ADB)

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4.12.2 Education services

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4.12.3 Funeral and medical costs

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4.13 Lump sums to dependants under the age of 18

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4.14 Establishment of Trust Funds for 'Prescribed Children'

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4.15 Administration of Trust Funds for 'Prescribed Children'

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4.16 Guardians of 'Prescribed Children'

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4.17 Administering Weekly Payments to 'Prescribed Children'

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