Deemed lump sum payments arising from separate payments
59QA Deemed lump sum payments arising from separate payments
If:
a person receives 2 or more lump sum payments in relation to the same event that gave rise to the entitlement of the person to compensation (the multiple payments); and
at least one of the multiple payments is made wholly or partly in respect of lost earnings or lost capacity to earn;
the following paragraphs have effect for the purposes of this Act:
the person is taken to have received one lump sum compensation payment (the single payment) of an amount equal to the sum of the multiple payments;
the single payment is taken to have been received by the person:
on the day on which he or she received the last of the multiple payments; or
if the multiple payments were all received on the same day—on that day.
A payment is not a lump sum payment for the purposes of paragraph (1)(a) if it relates exclusively to arrears of periodic compensation.
The statute text is free to read above. View subscription options to unlock the case-law research tools for each provision.