✨ Old-age Pensions Regulations
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 12
DUTIES OF GOVERNMENT OFFICERS.
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On the death of any person within the colony of the age of sixty-five years and upwards, it shall be the duty of the Registrar of Deaths to whom the death is reported to inquire, and it shall be the duty of the person reporting the death to inform the said Registrar, whether the deceased person was a pensioner under the Old-age Pensions Acts; and the said Registrar shall send to the Registrar of Old-age Pensions notice, in the form numbered 25 in the Schedule hereto, of the death of all such persons, even though they do not appear to be pensioners under the said Act.
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Immediately it comes to the knowledge of any Postmaster that a Maori pensioner has died, it shall be his duty to at once advise his Head Office by wire of the date of such death. Upon receipt of such information by the General Post Office the Registrar shall be duly informed.
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It shall be the duty of the secretary of every charitable institution to send to the Registrar, not later than the 10th day in the months of April, July, October, and January in every year, a return, in the form numbered 26 in the Schedule hereto, showing the names and addresses of all persons who applied for admission to such charitable institution during the preceding three months, and who were at the time of their application pensioners under the principal Act, and showing how all such applications have been dealt with, and, if refused, the reason of such refusal.
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It shall be the duty of the Public Trustee to supply to the Registrar each month the names and addresses of deceased persons of the age of sixty-five years and upwards whose estates have been placed in his hands during the month for administration, and, in the event of any such person proving to have been a pensioner under the Old-age Pensions Act, to supply particulars of the estate.
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It shall be the duty of members of the Police Force, in addition to assisting claimants in the preparation and investigation of their pension-claims and income and property statements, to render such service as the Department may require. Any such officer, where he is not the Deputy Registrar himself, if he has reason to believe that any pensioner is drawing a pension to which by law he is not entitled, or misspends his pension in drink, shall inform the Deputy Registrar of the district in which the said pension is registered of his reason for so thinking; and, likewise, where it is within the knowledge of any such officer that a pensioner has been continuously employed for a period of three months by the one employer, he shall so inform the Deputy Registrar and supply the name and address of such employer. The Deputy Registrar shall in all such cases take action as provided in these regulations.
POWERS OF REGISTRAR.
- Except where otherwise specially provided, all powers and functions conferred upon or exerciseable by a Deputy Registrar under the provisions of the principal Act or any amendment thereof, or under any regulations made in pursuance thereof respectively, shall be exerciseable also by the Registrar.
GENERAL.
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Every statutory declaration made pursuant to these regulations shall be exempt from stamp duty.
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Letters addressed to the Registrar or any Deputy Registrar by his official name, and also letters sent by the Registrar or any Deputy Registrar on official business, shall be exempt from postage.
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Telegrams addressed by one Deputy Registrar to another, or to the Registrar, shall be franked by the sender, and shall have indorsed thereon the words “On old-age pensions business only”; but in no case shall a telegram be sent except in a case of urgency, or except where provision is made in these regulations. This authority to frank applies only as herein stated.
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No Court fees shall be payable in connection with any proceedings before a Magistrate under these regulations.
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The search fees prescribed by sections 16 and 57 of the principal Act shall be prepaid in stamps in manner provided by the regulations for the time being in force under “The Stamp Act, 1882.”
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The Deputy Registrar shall record all changes of address of pensioners in his Old-age Pension Register, and advise the Registrar from time to time of all such changes.
OLD-AGE PENSION DISTRICTS.
- The colony is hereby divided into the old-age pension districts constituted with the names and boundaries following, that is to say:—
| Name of District. | Boundaries of Districts. |
|---|---|
| Mangonui | The same as the boundaries of the undermentioned counties and ridings, including interior boroughs. |
| Mangonui .. | Mangonui, except Kaitaia Riding. |
| Kaitaia .. | Kaitaia Riding (Mangonui County). |
| Russell .. | Bay of Islands. |
| Whangaroa | Whangaroa. |
| Rawene .. | Hokianga. |
| Whangarei | Whangarei. |
| Dargaville | Hobson. |
| Maungaturoto | Otamatea. |
| Warkworth | Rodney. |
| Helensville | Waitemata. |
| Auckland | Eden. |
| Otahuhu | Manukau. |
| Coromandel | Coromandel. |
| Thames .. | Thames. |
| Paeroa .. | Ohinemuri. |
| Raglan .. | { Raglan. Kawhia. } |
| Te Aroha | { Piako. Waipa. Waikato. } |
| Hamilton | Tauranga. |
| Tauranga | Rotorua. |
| Rotorua.. | Whakatane. |
| Whakatane | Opotiki. |
| Opotiki .. | Waiapu. |
| Port Awanui | Cook. |
| Gisborne | Wairoa. |
| Wairoa .. | { East Taupo. West Taupo. } |
| Taupo .. | { Clifton. Taranaki. } |
| New Plymouth | Stratford. |
| Stratford | Hawke’s Bay. |
| Napier .. | Waipawa. |
| Dannevirke | Patangata. |
| Waipawa | { Wanganui. Waitotara. } |
| Wanganui | Hawera. |
| Hawera .. | Patea. |
| Patea .. | Rangitikei. |
| Marton .. | { Kiwitea. Oroua. } |
| Feilding | { Manawatu. Pohangina. } |
| Palmerston North | Horowhenua. |
| Otaki .. | Pahiatua. |
| Pahiatua | Wairarapa North. |
| Masterton | Wairarapa South. |
| Greytown | Hutt. |
| Wellington | Sounds. |
| Havelock | Collingwood, and the Ridings of Motueka and Moutere, in the Waimea County. |
| Motueka | Waimea, except the Ridings of Motueka and Moutere. |
| Nelson .. | Marlborough. |
| Blenheim | Buller. |
| Westport | Inangahua. |
| Reefton .. | Amuri. |
| Culverden | Kaikoura. |
| Kaikoura | Cheviot. |
| Amberley | Ashley. |
| Kaiapoi .. | Grey. |
| Greymouth | Westland. |
| Hokitika | Selwyn. |
| Christchurch | Akaroa. |
| Akaroa .. | Ashburton. |
| Ashburton | Geraldine. |
| Geraldine | Levels. |
| Timaru .. | Mackenzie. |
| Fairlie .. | Waimate. |
| Waimate | Waitaki. |
| Oamaru | Waihemo. |
| Palmerston South | Maniototo. |
| Naseby .. | Vincent. |
| Clyde .. | Lake. |
| Queenstown | Waikouaiti. |
| Port Chalmers .. | { Taieri. Peninsula. } |
| Dunedin | Tuapeka. |
| Lawrence | Bruce. |
| Milton .. | Clutha. |
| Balclutha | { Southland. Stewart Island. } |
| Invercargill | { Fiord. Wallace. } |
| Riverton |
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NZ Gazette 1903, No 12
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Regulations under the Old-age Pensions Acts, 1898–1902
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🏥 Establishment of Old-age Pension Districts
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