Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004C01310:clause:5_20
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004C01310
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 5 cl 20
Character Range: 467919–469830

20  Bereavement payments in relation to the death of a recipient

(1) Despite the repeal of section 513A of the Social Security Act 1991 as in force before 1 July 2000, that section is taken to continue in force, on and after that date, so as to facilitate any claim by the partner of a person qualified for parenting payment in respect of a child who has died, for a period of 13 weeks after the death of that child.

(2) For the purposes of subitem (1), section 513A of the Social Security Act 1991 as so continued in force has effect as if the reference in the section to the amount of parenting payment that would have been payable includes a reference to any lump sum that would have been payable because of the operation of item 16.

(3) Despite the repeal of section 900 of the Social Security Act 1991 as in force before 1 July 2000, that section is taken to continue in force, on and after that date, so as to facilitate any claim by the partner of a person qualified for family allowance in respect of a child who has died, for a period of 13 weeks after the death of that child.

(4) For the purposes of subitem (3), section 900 of the Social Security Act 1991 as so continued in force has effect as if the reference:
 (a) in subsection (1) of that section to the sum of the amounts referred to in paragraphs (f), (g) and (h) of that subsection; and
 (b) in subsection (2) of that section to the sum of the amounts referred to in paragraphs (e), (f) and (g) of that subsection;
each includes a reference to any lump sum that would have been payable because of the operation of item 18.

(5) For the purposes of Part 4 of the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999, a decision made for the purposes of section 513A, or section 900, of the Social Security Act 1991 as continued in force for the purposes of this item has effect as if it were a decision of an officer under the social security law.