Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A04731:section:10:p15
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A04731
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 10 (pt 15/26)
Character Range: 128609–131460

how to work out the amount of the lump sum:

         Method statement
Step 1.  Work out the amount that, if the deceased partner had not died, would have been payable to the surviving partner on the surviving partner's payday immediately before the first available bereavement adjustment payday.
Step 2.  Work out the amount that, if the deceased partner had not died, would have been payable to the deceased partner on the deceased partner's payday immediately before the first available bereavement adjustment payday.
Step 3.  Add the results of Step 1 and Step 2: the result is called the combined rate.
Step 4.  Work out the surviving partner's notional rate using subsection (2), (3), (4) or (5) (whichever applies).
         Note: The subsection that you use depends on whether the deceased partner was receiving a job search allowance, newstart allowance, sickness allowance or special benefit before he or she died.
Step 5.  Take the surviving partner's notional rate away from the combined rate: the result is called the deceased partner's instalment component.
Step 6.  Work out the number of the deceased partner's paydays in the lump sum bereavement period.
Step 7.  Multiply the deceased partner's instalment component by the number obtained in Step 6: the result is the amount of the lump sum payable to the surviving partner under this section.

Deceased partner receiving job search allowance

"(2) If, immediately before the deceased partner died, he or she was receiving job search allowance, the surviving partner's notional rate is the amount of job search allowance that would have been payable to the surviving partner on the surviving partner's pay day immediately before the first available bereavement adjustment pay day if:

     (a) a job search allowance had been payable to the surviving partner on that pay day; and

  (b) the surviving partner was not a member of a couple on that pay day.

Deceased partner receiving newstart allowance

"(3) If, immediately before the deceased partner died, he or she was receiving newstart allowance, the surviving partner's notional rate is the amount of newstart allowance that would have been payable to the surviving partner on the surviving partner's pay day immediately before the first available bereavement adjustment pay day if:

     (a) a newstart allowance had been payable to the surviving partner on that pay day; and

  (b) the surviving partner was not a member of a couple on that pay day.

Deceased partner receiving sickness allowance

"(4) If, immediately before the deceased partner died, he or she was receiving sickness allowance, the surviving partner's notional rate is the amount of sickness allowance that would have been payable to the surviving partner on the surviving partner's pay day immediately before the first available bereavement adjustment