Section 592B — Social Security Act 1991: Lump sum payable in some circumstances

If: (a) a person is qualified for payments under this Division in relation to the death of the person’s partner; and (b) the first available bereavement adjustment payday occurs before the end of the bereavement period; there is payable to the person as a lump sum an amount worked out using the lump sum calculator at the end of this section. Lump sum calculator Method statement Step 1. Add up: (a) the amount that, if the person’s partner had not died, would have been payable to the person on the person’s payday immediately before the first available bereavement adjustment payday; and (b) the amount (if any) that, if the partner had not died, would have been payable to the partner on the partner’s payday immediately before the first available bereavement adjustment payday; the result is the combined rate. Step 2. Work out the amount that, apart from section 592C, would have been payable to the person on the person’s payday immediately before the first available bereavement adjustment payday: the result is the person’s individual rate. Step 3. Take the person’s individual rate away from the combined rate: the result is the partner’s instalment component. Step 4. Work out the number of the partner’s paydays in the bereavement lump sum period. Step 5. Multiply the partner’s instalment component by the number obtained in Step 4: the result is the amount of the lump sum payable to the person under this section.