Death benefits
5 Death benefits
The amendments made by the 2015 amending Act to sections 25 and 26 of the 1987 Act do not apply to deaths that occurred before the date on which the Bill for the 2015 amending Act was introduced into the Legislative Assembly.
For the purposes of the operation of Division 6 of Part 3 of the 1987 Act in relation to the adjustable amount in section 25 of the 1987 Act, 1 October 2015 is not an adjustment date and the first adjustment date is 1 April 2016. Accordingly, the first adjustment under that Division of that adjustable amount is to be the adjustment provided for under that Division on and from 1 April 2016.
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