Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SEAFARERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1992 No. 234, 1992 - SECT 30

30.(1) If an injury to an employee results in death, compensation is payable
for the cost of the employee's funeral to the person who paid the cost of the
funeral or, if that cost has not been paid, to the person who carried out the
funeral.

(2) The amount of compensation is such amount, not exceeding $1,889.60, as the
employer determines is reasonable, having regard to:

   (a)  the charges ordinarily made for funerals in the place where the
        funeral was carried out; and

   (b)  any amount paid or payable in respect of the cost of the funeral under
        any other law of the Commonwealth.

(3) If an employer is liable to pay the cost of the funeral of an employee,
any amount paid under this section to the person who carried out the funeral
is, to the extent of the payment, a discharge of the liability of the
employer.