Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00866:section:98a:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00866
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 98A (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 1419775–1421321

widower;
 (ii) the amount that would have been payable to the deceased veteran, if he or she had not died, on the first available pension pay day after the death of the widow or widower, at the general rate in force on that pension pay day.
 (4) Subsection (2) does not apply:
 (a) if the Commission does not become aware of the veteran's death until after the death of the widow or widower; or
 (b) in respect of any pension pay day after the death of the widow or widower.
 (5) Where:
 (a) within the period of 12 weeks after the death of a veteran, an amount to which the veteran would have been entitled if he or she had not died has been paid by way of a pension covered by paragraph (1)(b) into an account with a bank; and
 (b) this section applies in relation to the death of the veteran; and
 (c) the bank pays to the widow or widower of the deceased veteran, out of that account, an amount not exceeding the total of the amounts paid as mentioned in paragraph (a);
then, in spite of anything in any other law, the bank is not liable to the Commonwealth, the personal representative of the deceased veteran, or anyone else, for any loss incurred because of the payment of that money to the widow or widower.
 (6) In this section:
first available pension pay day, in relation to the death of a veteran, means the first pension pay day after the Commission becomes aware of the death for which it is practicable to terminate or adjust the payments being made by way of pension covered by paragraph (1)(b) in respect of the deceased veteran.