Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Commonwealth is liable to pay compensation for a wholly dependent partner of a deceased member if:
(a) the member was paid compensation for the week before the week in which the member died under one or more of the following provisions:
(i) section 68, 71 or 75 (permanent impairment);
(ii) Part 3 or 4 of Chapter 4 (incapacity for service or work);
(iii) Part 6 of Chapter 4 (Special Rate Disability Pension); and
(b) a claim for compensation in respect of the partner has been made under section 319.
(2) In subsection (1):
(a) a reference to compensation paid for a week does not include a reference to compensation paid as a lump sum; and
(b) a reference to compensation paid includes a reference to compensation that the member was entitled to be paid.