Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT (No. 3) 1992 No. 230, 1992 - SECT 11

11. After section 236 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted
in Subdivision A of Division 9 of Part 2.5: Lump sum payable in some
circumstances

"236A. (1) A lump sum is payable to a person under this section if:

   (a)  the person is receiving a carer pension; and

   (b)  the person is caring for another person who is not the person's
        partner; and

   (c)  the person being cared for dies; and

   (d)  immediately before the death of the person being cared for either:

        (i)    the person being cared for was not a member of a couple; or

        (ii)   the person being cared for was a member of a couple and the
               partner of the person being cared for:

   (a)  was not receiving a social security pension; and

   (b)  was not receiving a social security benefit; and

   (c)  was not receiving a service pension. Note: if the partner of the
        person being cared for was receiving a social security pension or
        benefit or a service pension, the partner would receive bereavement
        payments in respect of the death of the person being cared for.

"(2) The amount of the lump sum under this section is the lesser of the amount
worked out under subsection (3) and the amount worked out under subsection
(4).

"(3) The amount under this subsection is:
partnered MBR x 7 where:
'partnered MBR' is the maximum basic rate applicable, on the day that the
person being cared for dies, to a person covered by item 2 of the Maximum
Basic Rate Table in point 1064-B1 of Pension Rate Calculator A in section
1064.

"(4) The amount under this subsection is:
carer's current instalment x 7 where:
'carer's current instalment' is the amount of the last instalment of carer
pension paid to the carer before the person cared for died.".