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partner had not died, would have been payable to the partner on the pension payday immediately before the first available bereavement adjustment payday.
Step 3.  Add up the amounts obtained in Steps 1 and 2: the result is called the combined pensioner couple rate.
Step 4.  Work out (taking section 45ZE into account) the amount that, but for section 45ZC, would have been payable to the person on the pension payday immediately before the first available bereavement adjustment payday: the result is called the person's individual rate.

         Method statement—continued
Step 5.  Take the person's individual rate away from the combined pensioner couple rate: the result is called the partner's instalment component.
Step 6.  Work out the number of pension paydays in the bereavement lump sum period.
Step 7.  Multiply the partner's instalment component by the number of pension paydays in the bereavement lump sum period: the result is the amount of the lump sum payable to the person under this section.

Adjustment of person's income support supplement rate

  "45ZC. If:

  (a) a person is eligible for payments under this Subdivision; and

    (b) the person does not elect under subsection 36P(2) not to receive payments under this Subdivision;

the rate of the person's income support supplement during the bereavement period is worked out as follows:

    (c) during the bereavement rate continuation period, the rate of income support supplement payable to the person is the rate at which income support supplement would have been payable to the person if the person's partner had not died;

    Note: See section 45ZE for the method of calculating this rate.

    (d) during the bereavement lump sum period (if any), the rate at which income support supplement is payable to the person is the rate at which income support supplement would be payable to the person apart from this Subdivision.

Effect of death of person entitled to payments under this Subdivision

  "45ZD. If:

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

  (b) the person dies within the bereavement period; and

    (c) the Commission does not become aware of the death of the person's partner before the person dies;

there is payable, to such person as the Commission thinks appropriate, as a lump sum, an amount worked out using the lump sum calculator at the end of this section.

"LUMP SUM CALCULATOR

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

         Method statement
Step 1.  Work out (taking section 45ZE into account) the amount that, if neither the person nor the person's partner had died, would have been payable to the person on the pension payday immediately after the day on which the