Section 45UUL — Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986: Payment of pension bonus bereavement payment after death

(1) This section sets out the only circumstances in which pension bonus bereavement payment will be payable after the death of the person concerned. (2) If: (a) a person claims a pension bonus bereavement payment; and (b) the person dies; and (c) at the time of the person’s death, the claim had been granted, but the person had not received the payment; the payment is payable to the legal personal representative of the person. (3) If: (a) a person claims a pension bonus bereavement payment; and (b) the person dies; and (c) at the time of the person’s death, the claim had not been determined; then: (d) the Commission must determine the claim after the person’s death as if the person had not died; and (e) if the claim is granted—the payment is payable to the legal personal representative of the person. (4) If a pension bonus bereavement payment is paid under subsection (2) or (3), the Commonwealth has no further liability to any person in respect of that bonus.