✨ Old-age Pensions Payment Regulations
1732
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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no case may the advice be sent out of the paying office for the purpose of obtaining the signature of payee, except as provided for by Rule 1012. The receipts are not liable to stamp duty.
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If an instalment is not claimed within the due period, the line which is provided for the entry on the back of the pension-certificate must be left blank, in order that the final due payment may always appear as the twelfth entry, thus insuring expiry of the certificate at the proper date.
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No instalments may be paid to charitable institutions unless on production of a warrant under section 43 of “The Old-age Pensions Act, 1898.”
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Warrants presented by agents appointed under section 43 of that Act cover payments for one month only, and must be retained by the Postmaster to be forwarded with the paid advices to Wellington.
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The reason for the non-collection of an instalment of a pension, particulars of which appear upon a warrant, must be ascertained and noted upon the warrant.
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An agent appointed under section 44 must present the Magistrate’s warrant on the occasion of each monthly payment. This warrant is available only for the pension-certificate current at date of its issue, and requires to be renewed at each renewal of the pension.
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When the warrant relates to a single instalment, or the last of a series of instalments, it must be delivered up to and retained by the Postmaster on payment of such instalment, and forwarded with the paid advice to his chief office.
999A. The number of the section of the Act under which a Magistrate’s warrant authorising payment of instalments to an agent is granted must be inserted in the space provided for the purpose on the form of advice.
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A power of attorney cannot be acted upon in respect of an agent’s warrant. The holder of a power of attorney must be appointed to receive instalments by a Magistrate, under section 44 of “The Old-age Pensions Act, 1898.”
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The direction “Pay to agent only” stamped across the face of an advice indicates that the instalment must not be paid to pensioner direct, but to a properly appointed agent.
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If no agent is at the time appointed, payment must be refused pending such appointment, and the pensioner referred to the Deputy Registrar of the district.
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No payment is to be made to a Maori acting as agent under section 44. Should a Maori agent at any time apply for payment of a pension, the circumstances should be reported to the Accountant, General Post Office.
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Old-age Pensions Payment Procedures
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🏥 Health & Social WelfareOld-age pensions, Payment regulations, Agent payments, Warrants, Postmaster duties, Magistrate warrants, Stamp duty, Non-collection procedures