Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A04771:front:0:p78
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A04771
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receiving income support supplement; and

  (b) a child dies; and

     (c) immediately before the child died, the rate of the person's income support supplement included:

        (i) a dependent child add-on in respect of the child; or

        (ii) guardian allowance in respect of the child;

the person is eligible for payments under this Subdivision to cover the bereavement period.

    Note 1: Section 45ZH provides for income support supplement to be paid to the person, up to the first available bereavement adjustment payday, at the rate at which it would have been paid if the child had not died but were disregarded for the purposes of working out the person's income test free areas.
    Note 2: Section 45HI provides for a lump sum to be paid to the person if the first available bereavement adjustment payday occurs before the end of the bereavement period. The lump sum represents the difference, over the bereavement lump sum period, between the new rate for the person's income support supplement and the rate at which income support supplement would have been paid if the child had not died but were disregarded for the purposes of working out the person's income test free areas.
    Note 3: The additional payments preserved by this Subdivision are:
    • dependent child add-on;
    • guardian allowance;
    • additional rent assistance;
    • additional remote area allowance.

Continued payment of child-related amounts

"45ZH. If a person is eligible for payments under this Subdivision in relation to the death of a child, the rate of the person's income support supplement during the bereavement rate continuation period is to be calculated as if:

  (a) the child had not died; and

     (b) the child were disregarded in calculating the person's adjusted income free area and maintenance income free area.

Lump sum payable in some circumstances

  "45ZI. If:

     (a) a person is eligible for payments under this Subdivision in relation to the death of a child; and

     (b) the first available bereavement adjustment payday occurs before the end of the bereavement period;

a lump sum (worked out using the lump sum calculator at the end of this section) is payable to the person.

"LUMP SUM CALCULATOR

This is how to work out the amount of the lump sum:

         Method statement
Step 1.  Work out the instalment of income support supplement payable to the person on the pension payday immediately before the first available bereavement adjustment payday: the result is called the continued rate.
         Note: Section 45ZH applies in working out the amount of this instalment because the payday on which it is payable is within the bereavement rate continuation period.
Step 2.  Work out the instalment of income support supplement that would have been payable to the person