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Comcare Operations Manual
Volume Six - Death Claims
Part One-Introduction
Definitions
- How the Act defines 'Dependant'
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The Act qualifies who is eligible to be a dependant of an employee
“dependant” in relation to a deceased employee means:
(a)the spouse, father, mother, step-father, step-mother, father-in-law, mother-in-law, grandfather, grandmother, son, daughter, step-son, step-daughter, grandson, grand-daughter, brother, sister, half-brother or half-sister of the employee; or
(b)a person in relation to whom the employee stood in the position of a parent or who stood in the position of a parent to the employee.”