Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A person may make an application for payment from the State of an amount mentioned in subsection (2) or (3) if someone dies in circumstances constituting murder or manslaughter.
(2) A dependant of the deceased person may apply for payment of--
(a) an amount up to the prescribed amount; and
(b) an amount up to the prescribed amount for expenses for the deceased person's funeral; and
(c) an amount up to the prescribed amount for other expenses for damage caused in the course of the relevant crime's commission.
(3) A member of the deceased person's family who was not a dependant of the deceased may apply for a payment of--
(a) an amount up to the prescribed amount for expenses for the deceased's funeral; and
(b) an amount up to the prescribed amount for other expenses for damage caused in the course of the relevant crime's commission.
(4) The State may pay all or part of the amount asked for up to the relevant prescribed amount.
(5) Payment may be made for someone's death under only 1 of either subsection (2) or (3), with payment under subsection (2) to have priority over payment under subsection (3).
(6) The total of all amounts paid for someone's death under each provision authorising payment of an amount up to a prescribed amount must not be more than that prescribed amount.