s 174
In forceAmount of death benefits payable
Chapter 2Motor accident injuries—defined benefits
Part 2.7Defined benefits—death benefits
Division 2.7.3Death benefits—amount payable
174 Amount of death benefits payable
The following amounts of death benefits are payable to the dependants of a person who died as a result of a motor accident:
(a)
if, at the date of the motor accident, the dead person had a domestic partner or dependent former domestic partner—$190 000 AWE indexed;
(b)
if, at the date of the motor accident, the dead person had—
(i)
only 1 dependent child—$40 000 AWE indexed; or
(ii)
only 2 dependent children—$80 000 AWE indexed; or
(iii)
only 3 dependent children—$120 000 AWE indexed; or
(iv)
4 or more dependent children—$160 000 AWE indexed.
Note AWE indexed, for an amount—see s 18.
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