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SAFETY, REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1988 - SECT 55

Survival of claims

  (1)   Where a person who is entitled to make a claim for compensation under this Act dies without making a claim, a claim may be made by the person's personal representative.

  (2)   A claim is not affected by the death of the claimant after the claim was served.

  (3)   Section   111 applies in relation to an amount payable under a determination made in respect of a claim referred to in this section as if the deceased person had died after the determination was made.

  (4)   This section does not apply in relation to a claim for compensation under section   27.


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