Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies to a person (the impaired person ) who has been paid, or is entitled to be paid, compensation under this Part if the Commission has determined that the degree of impairment suffered by the person as a result of one or more service injuries or diseases constitutes at least 80 impairment points.
(2) The Commonwealth is liable to pay the impaired person $60,000 for each person who is both a dependant of the impaired person and an eligible young person at the later of:
(a) the date determined by the Commission to be the date on which the impairment suffered by the impaired person constitutes at least 80 impairment points; or
(i) if the person has a single service injury or disease--the date on which a claim was made under section 319 for acceptance of liability for the injury or disease; or
(ii) otherwise--the date on which the most recent claim was made under section 319 for acceptance of liability for one of the service injuries or diseases concerned.
Note: The amount of $60,000 is indexed under section 404.
(3) The amount specified in subsection (2) is also payable in respect of a child of the impaired person:
(a) who was born alive on or after the later of those times but who was conceived before that time; or
(b) who was adopted on or after the later of those times but in
respect of whom adoption proceedings were begun before that time.