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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 12

month, and such advice, which shall be in the form numbered 13 in the Schedule hereto, shall constitute the form of receipt for the said instalment.

28. When receiving payment of any instalment of a pension, the payee shall give a receipt for the same in the form referred to in the last preceding regulation, and when making the payment the paying officer shall note on the back of the produced pension-certificate the date and fact of the payment, and affix to such note his signature and office stamp:

Provided that the paying officer shall, in every case where the last instalment covered by a pension-certificate has been paid, retain the said certificate, and forward it with his accounts:

Provided further that the paying officer shall be required, when making payments to Maori pensioners, to satisfy himself as to the identity of the payee, and he shall, if necessary, withhold payment where the proof of identification is not satisfactory, and the Registrar shall be at once advised.

29. If the payee is other than the pensioner, the payee shall in such receipt certify that to his certain knowledge the pensioner is alive and residing in New Zealand, giving address, and that the instalment applied for is properly payable.

30. No payment shall be made in respect of the instalment of a pension which became due while the pensioner was in gaol or an asylum, and no payment shall be made on account of a pension void by death without the authority of the Registrar first obtained.

31. Whenever any instalment is payable under a warrant, or under the order of a Court, the pension-certificate shall be produced at the time of payment by the payee, together with the warrant or order, and, where the aforesaid warrant or order relates to a single instalment, or the last of a series of instalments, it shall be delivered up to and retained by the Postmaster on payment of such instalment, and forwarded with his accounts.

32. In the event of any instalment being paid under a lost pension-certificate after the issue of a duplicate, or under a pension-certificate during the currency of a warrant or order directing payment to other than the pensioner, the holder of such duplicate, warrant, or order shall have no claim against His Majesty in respect of the instalment so paid.

FORFEITED INSTALMENTS.

33. In the event of any instalment being forfeited under section 39 of the principal Act, and section 6 of the Amendment Act, 1900, the pensioner or other person entitled to receive payment may make application in the form numbered 14 in the Schedule hereto. The application shall in each instance be sent to the Deputy Registrar of the district in which the pension is registered, accompanied by the pension-certificate; and the Deputy Registrar shall, after examining the pension-certificate, and indorsing on the application his opinion as to whether payment should be made or not, giving his reasons for such opinion, return the pension-certificate to the applicant, and forward the application to the Registrar, who shall advise his decision in due course:

Provided that if the applicant cannot give a satisfactory reason why the instalment was not collected, and provided further that if the pensioner was at work for which he was being paid during the time the instalment was payable, then the Deputy Registrar shall not recommend payment.

34. In the event of an application being made for an instalment forfeited by reason of delay in the granting of a renewal certificate, the Deputy Registrar shall state the cause of such delay; and, should the applicant be a Maori pensioner, the application shall state whether the applicant was absent at a tangi or Native Land Court, or away from home during the time the instalment was payable.

35. No application for an instalment which shall have been forfeited for three months from the due date of such instalment shall be entertained, except in exceptional circumstances, when a full report shall be forwarded with the application by the Deputy Registrar.

ACCRUED AMOUNT.

36. In the case of an application for the portion of an instalment accruing but not actually accrued due on the date of the death of a pensioner, or for any instalment then payable, the application, which shall be in the form numbered 15 in the Schedule hereto, shall be forwarded through the Deputy Registrar, accompanied by the pension-certificate and a receipt for the funeral expenses. The Deputy Registrar shall satisfy himself that the applicant is identical with the person who paid the said funeral expenses, and shall forward the application, with its attachments, to the Registrar, with a recommendation as to payment, except that in lieu of forwarding a receipt for funeral expenses paid by a charitable institution a certificate on the application that the receipt has been seen will suffice. No application shall be entertained where the pensioner has left an estate out of which the funeral expenses could be met, or where the applicant is other than the person who paid the said expenses, and no payment shall be made on account of an instalment forfeited at date of death. The Registrar shall advise his decision in due course.

WARRANTS.

37. With respect to warrants under section 43 of the principal Act, authorising payment of instalments of a pension to the governing body of a charitable institution, the following provisions shall apply:—

(1.) The application for the warrant shall be in the form numbered 16 in the Schedule hereto, and shall specify—

(a.) The name of every pensioner to which it relates;

(b.) The number of his pension-certificate;

(c.) The amount of his instalment applied for, being in every case one instalment, and no more;

(d.) The total amount of instalments applied for;

(e.) The cost and period of his maintenance or relief, such period in no case commencing earlier than one calendar month before the day on which the application is made, and in no case comprising any period prior to the grant of the pension.

(2.) In token of the pensioner’s consent to the application his pension-certificate shall be produced to the Magistrate with the application.

(3.) The warrant shall be subscribed to or indorsed on the application, and shall state the total amount for which it is granted.

(4.) The warrant, which may relate to more pensioners than one, but shall in each case relate only to one instalment, shall be delivered up to the Postmaster by the payee when receiving payment of the instalments to which it relates, and all such warrants shall be forwarded to the Registrar in due course.

(5.) No warrant under section 43 shall be issued unless any previous warrant issued under section 44 has been first surrendered and cancelled, and no payment shall be made to a charitable institution except under a warrant issued in terms of these provisions.

(6.) If any dispute arises between the pensioner and the institution as to the proper disposal of the instalment, the question shall be decided in a summary way by a Magistrate or any two Justices.

38. With respect to warrants under section 44 of the principal Act authorising payment of instalments of a pension to any clergyman, Justice, or other reputable person for the benefit of the pensioner, the following provisions shall apply:—

(1.) The application for the warrant shall be in the form numbered 17 in the Schedule hereto, and the applicant may be the pensioner or the proposed payee.

(2.) If the applicant is the proposed payee, the application shall not be dealt with by the Magistrate unless it bears the pensioner’s consent in writing, or the Magistrate is satisfied that the pensioner knows of the intended application, and has had reasonable opportunity of objecting thereto.

(3.) If the proposed payee is carrying on business, the pensioner shall sign a declaration in the form numbered 17A in the Schedule hereto, which shall be forwarded direct to the Registrar.

(4.) The pension-certificate shall in all cases be produced.

(5.) The Deputy Registrar shall not recommend the Magistrate to issue a warrant unless he is satisfied that it is expedient so to do, having due regard to the age, infirmity, or improvidence of the pensioner, as provided by the Act.

(6.) The warrant shall be in the form numbered 18 in the Schedule hereto, and shall continue in force during the currency of the pension year in which it is issued:

Provided that it may be renewed at the granting of each subsequent renewal of the pension; and

Provided that it may be cancelled by order of a Magistrate, or by the Registrar, at any time for good cause shown.

(7.) No warrant shall be issued in respect of a pension where the pensioner is absent or about to be absent from the district in which the pension is registered, unless under special circumstances, which shall, on the issue of such warrant, be reported to the Registrar.

(8.) No warrant shall be issued in respect of a Maori pension except to a European of good repute.

(9.) The Magistrate by whom the warrant is signed shall transmit it to the Deputy Registrar, who shall