Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162:section:768d
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 768D
Character Range: 1052140–1052891

768D  Adjustment of a person's special benefit rate
  If:
 (a) a person is qualified for payments under this Subdivision; and
 (b) the person does not elect under subsection 768A(2) not to receive payments under this Subdivision;
the rate of the person's special benefit during the bereavement period is worked out as follows:
 (c) during the bereavement rate continuation period, the rate of special benefit payable to the person is the rate at which the allowance would have been payable to the person if the person's partner had not died;
 (d) during the bereavement lump sum period (if any), the rate at which special benefit is payable to the person is the rate at which the allowance would be payable to the person apart from this Subdivision.