June 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1501

14. Travelling expenses or allowances shall be payable to an appellant in respect of any appearance before the Appeal Board similarly to a member of the Forces who is an applicant for war pension or is authorized to receive medical treatment. The Appeal Board, however, is empowered to disallow any such expenses or allowances where the appeal is deemed by it to be frivolous.

15. The Appeal Board may make any recommendation in regard to the medical treatment of an appellant who was a member of the Forces, but notification of such recommendation shall not be made to the appellant.

16. The fees payable to medical members of the Appeal Board shall be as follows:—

£ s. d.
For each final decision of the Board .. 1 1 0
For each adjournment .. .. 0 10 6
For each case of non-appearance .. 0 10 6

The fees payable in regard to any adjournment or case of non-appearance shall be made only on the certificate of the Chairman of the Board.

PAYMENT OF PENSIONS.

17. Clause 10 of the regulations made under the War Pensions Act, 1915, dated the 8th April, 1918, and gazetted on the 9th May, 1918, is hereby amended by deleting the proviso thereto, and substituting the following:—

“Provided that any instalment falling due while the pensioner is in New Zealand may be paid not earlier than the 23rd day of the month preceding the due date of payment; provided further that any instalment falling due during the absence of the pensioner from New Zealand may be paid on any other date authorized by the Board.”

18. In any case where a member of the Forces, or other person referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 22 of the War Pensions Act, 1915, who is in receipt of a permanent pension on account of total or partial disablement desires to receive an advance of pension to establish himself in business, or to strengthen his position in connection with any business already established, the following provisions shall apply:—

(a.) The applicant shall supply full information as to his income and to the purposes to which the advance is to be applied.

(b.) The Board shall have power, with the approval of the Minister, to grant such amount as it thinks fit, not exceeding four times the amount of the annual pension.

(c.) The amount advanced in any case shall not exceed £400.

(d.) The Board shall be satisfied that the income other than pension of the applicant is sufficient to maintain him and his dependants.

(e.) The applicant shall assign to the Crown a policy of insurance on his own life, the sum assured by which is not less than the amount of the advance.

(f.) The applicant shall pay the premiums on such policy of insurance as they fall due, in default of which the said premiums shall be paid by the Commissioner of Pensions and be a charge against the pension.

MEDICAL TREATMENT.

19. (1.) Medical treatment, which includes surgical and special treatment, and also the supply of surgical appliances, shall be granted at the public expense to ex-members of the Forces on account of disabilities for which they are in receipt of war pension or would be eligible for war pension.

(2.) An application for medical treatment shall be addressed to the Registrar of Pensions of the medical district in which the applicant resides — i.e., Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, or Dunedin. This application may be made either by the patient himself, by a medical practitioner, or by a medical officer of a hospital at which the patient may be undergoing treatment. The Department shall not be responsible for treatment undertaken without its authority, except that in a case of urgency the Department may pay for the first attendance of a medical practitioner. In such a case either the patient or his representative or the medical practitioner shall inform the Department as soon as possible of the attendance and the nature of the disability for which it has been required.