Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The amount of compensation that the Commonwealth is liable to pay under section 255 is the amount that is 12 times:
(a) the total amount of compensation that the member was paid under the provisions mentioned in paragraph 255(1)(c) for the week before the week in which the member died; or
(b) the total amount of compensation that the member was entitled to be paid under those provisions for that week;
(as the case requires).
(2) The amount mentioned in subsection (1) is the total amount of compensation that the Commonwealth is liable to pay under section 255, even if more than one person is entitled to compensation under that section because of the same deceased member's death.
Note: If more than one person is entitled to compensation under section 255, the amount mentioned in subsection (1) is payable in accordance with the directions of the Commission (see section 257).