(1)  An application for an ex gratia payment does not lapse because the applicant dies before the application is decided.

(2)  If an applicant for an ex gratia payment dies before the application is decided, an ex gratia payment, if payable on the application, is to be paid to the estate of the deceased.

(3)  The executor of the estate of a person who dies after 16 October 2006 may make application under section 6 on behalf of the estate of the deceased person.