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  1. Ch 1 Legislation and Definitions

Ch 1 Legislation and Definitions

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  • 1.1 Compensation for injuries resulting in Death - S17 of the SRCA
  • 1.2 Additional Death Benefit - Defence Act 1903
  • 1.3 For S17 SRCA and ADB: the date of death is significant, not date of injury
  • 1.4 Other compensation: claimed and determined but not paid prior to the death of a member or former member - S111 of SRCA
  • 1.5 Other compensation: not claimed or claimed but not determined prior to death
  • 1.6 Reimbursement of funeral expenses (to a max benefit) - S18 of the SRCA
  • 1.7 Reimbursement of costs of transport of the body - S16 of the SRCA
  • 1.8 Compensation for Death - S43 of the 1971 Act
  • 1.9 Compensation for Death - S9, 9A, 10 and 'Schedule 1' of 1930 Act
  • 1.10 Compensation under S17 of SRCA Not Payable Where No Dependants
  • 1.11 What is a 'Dependant'?
  • 1.12 What Constitutes Partly or Wholly Dependent for Economic Support?
  • 1.13 Spouse and Prescribed Children Resident with Member are Deemed to be Wholly Dependent
  • 1.14 Other Persons Resident with Member before death
  • 1.15 Certain persons Deemed to be Wholly or Partly Dependent
  • 1.16 How to determine whether a person was wholly or partly dependent
  • 1.17 Who is a 'child/stepchild of a deceased member' for the purposes of the SRCA?
  • 1.18 Who is a 'Prescribed Child' for the Purposes of the SRCA?
  • 1.19 What is a 'Dependent Child' for the ADB?
  • 1.20 Children of the Employee Born after the Death of the Employee
  • 1.21 What is a 'Spouse' for the SRCA?
  • 1.22 What is a 'Spouse' for the purposes of the Additional Death Benefit (ADB)?

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  • Death Handbook
    • Overview
    • Ch 1 Legislation and Definitions
      • 1.1 Compensation for injuries resulting in Death - S17 of the SRCA
      • 1.2 Additional Death Benefit - Defence Act 1903
      • 1.3 For S17 SRCA and ADB: the date of death is significant, not date of injury
      • 1.4 Other compensation: claimed and determined but not paid prior to the death of a member or former member - S111 of SRCA
      • 1.5 Other compensation: not claimed or claimed but not determined prior to death
      • 1.6 Reimbursement of funeral expenses (to a max benefit) - S18 of the SRCA
      • 1.7 Reimbursement of costs of transport of the body - S16 of the SRCA
      • 1.8 Compensation for Death - S43 of the 1971 Act
      • 1.9 Compensation for Death - S9, 9A, 10 and 'Schedule 1' of 1930 Act
      • 1.10 Compensation under S17 of SRCA Not Payable Where No Dependants
      • 1.11 What is a 'Dependant'?
      • 1.12 What Constitutes Partly or Wholly Dependent for Economic Support?
      • 1.13 Spouse and Prescribed Children Resident with Member are Deemed to be Wholly Dependent
      • 1.14 Other Persons Resident with Member before death
      • 1.15 Certain persons Deemed to be Wholly or Partly Dependent
      • 1.16 How to determine whether a person was wholly or partly dependent
      • 1.17 Who is a 'child/stepchild of a deceased member' for the purposes of the SRCA?
      • 1.18 Who is a 'Prescribed Child' for the Purposes of the SRCA?
      • 1.19 What is a 'Dependent Child' for the ADB?
      • 1.20 Children of the Employee Born after the Death of the Employee
      • 1.21 What is a 'Spouse' for the SRCA?
      • 1.22 What is a 'Spouse' for the purposes of the Additional Death Benefit (ADB)?
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    • Ch 4 Determining SRCA/ADB Lump Sum Entitlements
    • Ch 5 Determining Death Lump Sums for 1971 Act
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    • Ch 7 Other Death Benefits
    • Ch 8 Making Determinations re Death
    • Ch 9 Legal Action(s) in Respect of the Death
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