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Overview
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Ch 1 Legislation and Definitions
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1.1 Compensation for injuries resulting in Death - S17 of the SRCA
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1.2 Additional Death Benefit - Defence Act 1903
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1.3 For S17 SRCA and ADB: the date of death is significant, not date of injury
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1.4 Other compensation: claimed and determined but not paid prior to the death of a member or former member - S111 of SRCA
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1.5 Other compensation: not claimed or claimed but not determined prior to death
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1.6 Reimbursement of funeral expenses (to a max benefit) - S18 of the SRCA
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1.7 Reimbursement of costs of transport of the body - S16 of the SRCA
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1.8 Compensation for Death - S43 of the 1971 Act
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1.9 Compensation for Death - S9, 9A, 10 and 'Schedule 1' of 1930 Act
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1.10 Compensation under S17 of SRCA Not Payable Where No Dependants
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1.11 What is a 'Dependant'?
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1.12 What Constitutes Partly or Wholly Dependent for Economic Support?
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1.13 Spouse and Prescribed Children Resident with Member are Deemed to be Wholly Dependent
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1.14 Other Persons Resident with Member before death
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1.15 Certain persons Deemed to be Wholly or Partly Dependent
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1.16 How to determine whether a person was wholly or partly dependent
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1.17 Who is a 'child/stepchild of a deceased member' for the purposes of the SRCA?
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1.18 Who is a 'Prescribed Child' for the Purposes of the SRCA?
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1.19 What is a 'Dependent Child' for the ADB?
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1.20 Children of the Employee Born after the Death of the Employee
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1.20.1 Posthumous children conceived by IVF
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1.20.2 Posthumous extra-marital children vs children of a relationship
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1.21 What is a 'Spouse' for the SRCA?
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1.21.1 Important Note re: married persons
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1.21.2 Inclusive list of those who qualify as 'spouse' for purposes of the SRCA
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1.21.3 De facto partners
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1.21.4 Relationship as a couple living together on a genuine domestic basis
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1.21.5 De facto partnerships within Defence
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1.21.6 More than one spouse
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1.22 What is a 'Spouse' for the purposes of the Additional Death Benefit (ADB)?
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Ch 2 Claims
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2.1 Claims for Compensation Following Death
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2.1.1 General
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2.1.2 Where the death results from an accepted condition
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2.1.3 Where death occurs without any prior claim for injury
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2.1.4 Voluntary Assisted Dying
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2.2 Notification of Death and Initiation of Investigation
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2.3 Death = High Priority Claim
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2.4 Need for ACCURACY in Death Claims - S56 Prohibits 2nd Determinations
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Ch 3 Investigating the Nexus With Employment
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3.1 Deaths after Discharge - Liability Previously Accepted for Cause
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3.2 Deaths after Discharge - Liability not Previously Accepted for Cause
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3.3 Deaths in Service
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3.3.1 ADF accident/incident investigations
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3.3.2 Liaison with the ADF unit and Defence Community Organisation
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3.3.3 Contact with the spouse/dependants
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3.4 Proving Liability for the Death and Removal of Statutory Exclusions
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3.5 Suicides
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3.6 Death Certificates
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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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Ch 5 Determining Death Lump Sums for 1971 Act
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5.1 Determining Death Benefits under the 1971 Act
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Ch 6 Determining Death Lump Sums for 1930 Act
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6.1 Determining death benefits under the 1930 Act
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Ch 7 Other Death Benefits
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7.1 Transport of the Body to a Hospital, Morgue etc. Section 16
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7.2 Transport of the Body from an Overseas Place of Death.
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7.3 Funeral Costs - Section 18
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7.4 Permanent Impairment in the Period before Death
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7.5 Payment for Financial Advice
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Ch 8 Making Determinations re Death
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8.1 Form of the Lump-Sum Determination
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8.1.1 General requirements
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8.1.2 Where the only entitled persons are a spouse resident with employee and joint children of the employee and that spouse
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8.1.3 Where there is only one entitled person and that person is not a spouse
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8.1.4 Where there is more than one entitled person or alternatively there was more than one claimant,
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8.2 Form of Determinations for S16 (Medical, Transport) and S18 (Funeral)
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8.3 Clearance/Offsets where Dual Liability (VEA/SRCA) Exists
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8.4 Advice to Clients re: Right to Sue Commonwealth in Lieu of Compensation
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Ch 9 Legal Action(s) in Respect of the Death
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9.1 S44 Inapplicable re: Death Cases (i.e. Legal Action Vs Commonwealth is Possible)
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9.2 Life Insurance Policies
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9.3 Actions against the Commonwealth - Limitation by S48
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9.4 Actions against Third Parties (i.e. 'recovery of damages' and S48)
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9.4.1 Action aginst Third Parties instituted or taken over by the MRCC
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9.5 Not all Categories of Damages Recovered, are Subject to Limitation
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9.6 Recovery of Damages Negates Entitlement to ADB (as well as SRCA)
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9.7 Where Damages Recovered via State Laws ('specified law' and S119)
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9.8 Where Damages Recovered under Specified State laws - Effect on ADB
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9.9 Damages Recovered under State Workers Compensation - S118
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9.10 Notice of any Legal Action to be Given to the Department - Penalties
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9.11 Dependant(s) Refuse(s) S17 Payments and Sues Commonwealth or Third Party.
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9.11.1 Background and purpose
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9.11.2 When and to whom S49 applies
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9.11.3 Where there is only one 'prescribed dependant'
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9.11.4 Where there is more than one 'prescribed dependant'
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9.12 Commonwealth may take over Proceedings Against Third Parties (S50)
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9.13 Effect of legal actions ('recovery of damages') under 1971 Act
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9.13.1 Where the court awards 100% of claimed losses to a dependant
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9.13.2 Where the court reduces damages due to the employee's negligence
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9.13.3 Other provisions of Section 99
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9.13.4 S100 of 1971 Act - Re: Dependants not claiming compensation.
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9.14 Effect of Legal Actions ('recovery of damages') under 1930 Act
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