Determination and payment of death benefits under Section 43 of the 1971 Act has been discussed briefly at 1. [3]8 of this chapter of the Handbook. Essentially, the provisions of the 1971 Act with respect to death, resemble those of the SRCA and the procedures are very similar.
Delegates should therefore apply the procedures applicable to death payments under the SRCA (i.e. identification of dependants and of degree of dependency, calculation of shares etc.) with the exception of the following points specific to the 1971 Act:
Where:
A = Number of weeks between date of employees death and date when child ceased full time study
B = Specified payment per week under S43(5) of the 1971 Act
The amount now payable is to be calculated as:
(A x B)
or
minimum total child payment under S43(7)(b),
whichever is the greater.
Links
[1] https://clik.dva.gov.au/user/login?destination=node/20590%23comment-form
[2] https://clik.dva.gov.au/user/login?destination=node/20648%23comment-form
[3] https://clik.dva.gov.au/military-compensation-srca-manuals-and-resources-library/death-handbook/ch-1-legislation-and-definitions/18-compensation-death-s43-1971-act