(1) Where a person dies as a consequence of an injury suffered in prescribed
circumstances by the person, whether within or outside New South Wales, the
Authority shall, on application made to it by:
(a) where the funeral expenses
payable out of the deceased person's estate have been paid, the person who
paid those expenses, or
(b) where those expenses have not been paid, an
applicant approved by the Authority, being:
(i) a parent of the deceased
person,
(ii) a person who, in the opinion of the Authority, had a
relationship to the deceased person, immediately before the death,
substantially similar to that of a parent, or
(iii) the legal personal
representative of the deceased person,
pay to the applicant the
prescribed amount or those expenses, whichever is the lesser, if those
expenses have been paid or, if those expenses have not been paid, pay to the
applicant the prescribed amount.
(1A) An injury is suffered by a person in
prescribed circumstances, within the meaning of subsection (1), if the injury
is suffered by the person:
(2) No amount is
payable under subsection (1) in respect of the death of a person if any amount
has previously been paid or is payable under section 26 to the legal personal
representative of the person in respect of the death.
(3) In subsection (1),
"prescribed amount" means $850 or, where another amount is prescribed by the
regulations for the purposes of this subsection, that other amount.