Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1991 No. 46, 1991 - SECT 889

889. If:

   (a)  a person is qualified for payments under this Division in relation to
        the death of a dependent child; and

   (b)  the first available bereavement adjustment payday occurs before the
        end of the bereavement period; a lump sum (worked out using the lump
        sum calculator at the end of this section) is payable to the person.
LUMP SUM CALCULATOR This is how to work out the amount of the lump sum:
Method statement Step 1. Work out the person's family allowance rate on the
payday immediately before the first available bereavement adjustment payday:
the result is called the continued rate.
Note: section 888 applies in working out the amount of this instalment because
the payday on which it is payable is within the bereavement rate continuation
period. Step 2. Work out the rate that would have been the person's family
allowance rate on the payday immediately before the first available
bereavement adjustment payday if the person's family allowance rate were not
calculated under section 888: the result is called the new rate. Step 3. Take
the new rate away from the continued rate: the result is called the deceased
child component. Step 4. Work out the number of paydays in the bereavement
lump sum period. Step 5. Multiply the deceased child component by the number
of paydays in the bereavement lump sum period: the result is the amount of the
lump sum payable to the person under this section.