Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00866:section:30c:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00866
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 30C (pt 1/4)
Character Range: 379621–382198

30C  Lump sum compensation payment
 (1) If:
 (a) a lump sum payment of compensation is made to a person who is a veteran or a dependant of the veteran; and
 (b) the compensation payment is paid in respect of the incapacity of the veteran from injury or disease or the death of the veteran; and
 (c) the person is receiving, or is subsequently granted, a pension under this Part in respect of the same incapacity of the veteran from that or any other injury or disease or in respect of that death;
the following provisions have effect:
 (d) the person is taken to have been, or to be, receiving payments of compensation at a rate per fortnight determined by, or under the instructions of, the Commonwealth Actuary;
 (e) the person is taken to have been, or to be, receiving those payments for the period of the person's life determined by, or under the instructions of, the Commonwealth Actuary;
 (f) the period referred to in paragraph (e) begins:
 (i) on the day that lump sum payment is made to the person; or
 (ii) on the day the pension becomes payable to the person;
  whichever is the earlier day.
Note 1: Pensions under this Part are payable in respect of the incapacity of a veteran from a war‑caused injury or disease or in respect of the death of the veteran (see section 13).
Note 2: A payment of arrears of periodic compensation is not a lump sum compensation payment (see subsection 30B(2)).

Lump sum payment—Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence‑related Claims) Act 1988 (section 137)
 (2) If:
 (a) a lump sum payment is made under section 137 of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence‑related Claims) Act 1988 to a person who is a veteran or a dependant of the veteran; and
 (b) the payment is made in respect of the incapacity of the veteran from injury or disease or the death of the veteran; and
 (c) the person is receiving, or is subsequently granted, a pension under this Part in respect of the same incapacity of the veteran from that or any other injury or disease or in respect of that death;
the following provisions have effect:
 (d) the person is taken to have been, or to be, receiving payments of compensation at a rate per fortnight determined by, or under the instructions of, the Commonwealth Actuary;
 (e) the person is taken to have been, or to be, receiving those payments for the period of the person's life determined by, or under the instructions of, the Commonwealth Actuary;
 (f) the period referred to in paragraph (e) begins:
 (i) on the day that lump sum compensation payment is made to that person; or
 (ii)