Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

Sections 123 to 123E do not apply as a result of the pensioner’s death, but there is payable to any person whom the Commission thinks appropriate an amount equal to the amount of pension that would have been payable to the pensioner for the period of 14 days after the day on which the pensioner died calculated at the rate at which pension would have been payable to the pensioner (including, to remove any doubt, any amount of pension payable under this Division) on those days if the pensioner had not died.

If the amount is paid under subsection (1) in respect of the pensioner, the Commonwealth is not liable to any action, claim or demand for further payment under that subsection in respect of the pension.

If a lump sum bereavement payment made to the pensioner under this Division before the pensioner’s death included an amount for a pension period that occurred after the day of the pensioner’s death, the amount is not recoverable from the pensioner’s estate.