New South Wales Consolidated Acts

POLICE REGULATION (SUPERANNUATION) ACT 1906 - SECT 12B

12B Gratuities where member dies as a result of being hurt on duty

(1) In this section:
"dependant" has the same meaning as it has in Division 1 of Part 3 of the Workers Compensation Act 1987 .

(2) Where a member or former member of the police force dies under circumstances referred to in section 12 and the member or former member leaves dependants wholly or partly dependent on him or her, STC may pay to those dependants a gratuity of such amount as STC determines, not exceeding the amount that, in the opinion of STC, would have been payable under Division 1 of Part 3 of the Workers Compensation Act 1987 (except an amount payable in respect of a dependent child) if the member were, or the former member had been, a worker for the purposes of that Act.

(2A) A gratuity under subsection (2) shall not be payable to a person to whom a gratuity is payable under section 12 (1A).

(3) Where a member or former member of the police force dies under circumstances referred to in section 12 and the member or former member does not leave any dependants wholly or partly dependent on him or her, STC may pay an amount to meet his or her funeral expenses that, in the opinion of STC, would have been payable under Division 1 of Part 3 of the Workers Compensation Act 1987 if the member were, or the former member had been, a worker for the purposes of that Act.