Payment of social security payment after death
58 Payment of social security payment after death
If:
an amount representing a social security payment (other than pension bonus, pension bonus bereavement payment or a student start‑up loan) is payable to a person; and
the person dies; and
another person applies to receive the amount; and
the application is made:
within 26 weeks after the death; or
within such further period as is allowed by the Secretary in the special circumstances of the case;
the Secretary may pay the amount to the person who, in the Secretary’s opinion, is best entitled to it.
If the Secretary pays an amount of a social security payment under subsection (1), the Commonwealth has no further liability to any person in respect of that amount.
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