South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts71—Payment without production of probate or letters of administration
(1) Where a
Government employee dies and immediately before his death a sum not exceeding
two thousand dollars was owing to him by the Government or by a person or
authority representing the Government the Treasurer may in his discretion
direct that such sum shall be paid to the surviving spouse or domestic partner
of the deceased or to any other person to whom the Treasurer deems it just to
pay it, or that such sum shall be divided among any of such persons.
(1a) Where a patient
in a Government hospital dies and immediately before his death money or other
property (not exceeding in amount or value two thousand dollars) was held on
his behalf by the hospital, the Treasurer may, in his discretion, direct that
the money or property be paid or delivered to the surviving spouse or domestic
partner of the deceased, or to any other person who is, in the opinion of the
Treasurer, entitled to it, or that the money or property be divided among any
such persons.
(2) The Treasurer may
refuse to give a direction under this section unless such indemnities or
undertakings as he thinks necessary are given.
(3) A person shall not
have a claim against the Crown, the Treasurer, or any other person
representing the Crown in respect of the payment of money or the delivery of
property pursuant to this section; but nothing in this section shall relieve a
person receiving money paid or property delivered under this section from any
liability to account for or apply that money or property in accordance with
law.
(4) In this
section—
"Government employee" means a person employed in the service of the Crown
whose remuneration is paid out of money under the control of the Treasurer;
"Government hospital" means an institution declared by the Treasurer by notice
in the Gazette to be a Government hospital for the purposes of this section.