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MOTOR ACCIDENT INJURIES ACT 2017 - SECT 3.34 Effect of death on entitlement to statutory benefits

MOTOR ACCIDENT INJURIES ACT 2017 - SECT 3.34

Effect of death on entitlement to statutory benefits

3.34 Effect of death on entitlement to statutory benefits

The following provisions apply to statutory benefits payable under this Part to an injured person if the person dies (whether or not the person's death results from the motor accident)--

(a) statutory benefits payable under Division 3.3 (Weekly payments of statutory benefits to injured persons) are not payable in respect of any period after the person's death,
(b) statutory benefits paid before the person's death cannot be recovered by the insurer merely because the person has died,
(c) statutory benefits that are payable before the person's death but that are not paid before the person's death remain payable and are payable to the deceased's estate.