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made under section ORDER IN COUNCIL 6 (2) on the 7th February, 1949, and amended on the 24th Sep tember, 1949, and the 3rd January, 1952.

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I of 1962. t.This order may be cited 88 the Old Age Pensions (Appeal Board) Order.

2.An Appeal Board is hereby established for the purpose of hearing authority appeals refusing from the decisions of any appropriate the claims of persons for pensions.
3.The Appeal Board shall consist of­ General; (a) the Solicitor (b)the Crown Solicitor; (c)the Deputy Director of Medical (d)the Assistant Welfare (e)the Mayor of Georgetown.

Social Officer; and Services; REGULATIONS ::ri9'9.

made by the Governor in Council under sections 8 (3) and 14 on the 7th Fdirtt,ary, 1949. t.These regulations may be cited 88 the Old Age Pensions Regulations.
• 2.In these regulations- "Commissioners" established missioners Ordinance; means the Board of Poor Law Com­ under section 3 of the Poor Relief C&p.62.

"public aBSistance officer" means any person appointed for the purpose recipient perform of a pension such other duties of inquiring into the circumstances or of any applicant 88 may be required of him; " means the Old Age Pensions therefor, Ordinance. "
the Ordinance of any and to 3.Forms of claim for pension shall be iBBued on request at the office of the Commissioners tion office.

and at any district adroioi•a­ 4.Every claimant for pension shall submit his claim to the of the appropriate Chairman question, produce every his power which may he required of him by the appropriate authority and shall answer every and give all information or by the public officer.
assistance document, authority in to he eligible for pension claiming 5.A person a certificate absence the satisfaction the qualifying age.
attained of his birth or his baptismal of any such certificate the claimant shall produce certificate, and in the shall establish that he has to of the appropriate authority 6.On receipt by an appropriate it shall be the duty of the public pension (a)to interview the claimant by every reasonable himself satisfy of the statements such other information mining the merits contained of each claim; in the claim, authority of a claim for assistance officer- as soon as possible and means as to the accuracy and to obtain all as may be of assistance in deter­ (b)to furnish the Chairman report with a written such other information priate authority; to the Chairman (c)to report on each claim, of the appropriate and from time to time by the appro­ as may be required authority any fact within his knowledge claimant from obtaining or continuing of the appropriate which may disqualify to receive authority any a pension.
assistance 7.The public (a)attend ( b)deliver all meetings to each claimant vouchers the pension award of a pension; officer shall- of the appropriate authority; whose claim has been allowed and identification card issued on the (c)submit for the information of the appropriate authority at the end of each month a list of the names of all pensioners who to his knowledge have died before or during (d)perform by the appropriate for the purpose such other duties authority as may be required that month; of him of the Ordinance.
8.The public his other duties assistance under these regulati<1ns shall- officer for a district in addition to (a)take and keep a record of the minutes of the appro­ priate authority; (b)keep a record of all claims thereon, B.G.-Vor.. and of the decisions VII.�1• investigated of the appropriate and his reports authority; 788 Cap.

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(c)keep a district (d)forward register of all approved to the Commissioners after each meeting pensioners; of the appropriate authority- (i)a copy of the minutes (ii)all claims the appropriate and relative authority authority; of the appropriate with the decisions reports endorsed thereon; to whom pensions have been of (iii)a list of all persons awarded and the date from which such pensions payable; are (iv)a list of all persons thereof.
and the reasons whose claims have been rejected 9.In connection with the duties of the Commissioners as appropriate to the Commissioners authority for the Georgetown shall- area, the Secretary ( a)take and keep a record of the minutes of the appro­ priate authority; and relative reports with the decisions (b)keep all claims of the appropriate (c)keep a register area.

Georgetown authority endorsed of all approved thereon; pensioners for the 10.
(1) The appropriate shall hold meetings least once a month at such time and place as the Chairman each authority (2)Any pension may on review by an appropriate may determine.

authorities at of authority be continued or discontinued.
11.When a pension is awarded, an identification card in authority out the name, age, and any distinguishing shall be signed or some person deputed and such other particulars as may be of the appro­ by the Chairman duplicate, setting marks of the pensioner, found desirable, priate fication event of a pensioner and witnessed, by the public assistance officer.
to the pensioner and the other filed in the office of the Chairman of the appropriate card shall also be � ed by the pensioner, and in the being illiterate by a member of the appropriate his mark shall be taken by him.

The identi­ authority.

One original shall be issued authority or 12.There shall also be issued calendar containing Each voucher the current a booklet vouchers.
pension, year terminating on the 31st December, the appropriate number of pension shall show the amount of the monthly the month and year to which it relates, and such to the pensioner in respect of other particulars as are necessary One pension shall be issued voucher in respect for the purposes of record.

of each month.

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(I) Pensions shall be paid monthly to a on presentation paying officer of the identification card and relative voucher.
pensions pension (2)A pension to some person is authorised behalf.

shall only be paid to a pensioner or who, to the satisfaction in person, of the paying officer, by the pensioner to receive such pension on his (3)A pension for the sum paid.

• voucher shall be regarded as an acquittance 14.


(I) If any pensioner shall lose or for any other cause be card voucher to produce of the appropriate for a new pension to him, he shall immediately or identification the pension voucher been issued the loss and make application card to the Chairman If upon consideration unable which shall have report and identification authority.
of the said application, less than one month from the date on which it was made, the appropriate shall be satisfied has been made in good faith and that the a]:!plicant to hold such pension voucher shall issue to the applicant appropriate voucher pension "DUPLICATE."
written (2)Upan a duplicate is entitled card, the and identification and identification and identification card on which shall be pension voucher that the application a duplicate authority authority not in accordance card bemg issued regulation, payment of pension thereafter lie made on J!resentation pension JSSUed: and identification voucher card in lieu of that originally of this with the provisions shall to the said pensioner of the said duplicate Provided that, subject the Ordinance, a \>ensioner ment due to him m respect issue of the duplicate (3)The original pension pension lieu of which a duplicate card shall have been issued of this regulation, such issue, virtue thereof.
to the provisions shall not be deprived of the period voucher of section 10 of of any pay­ which preceded the and identification card.

voucher pension in accordance and identification voucher with the provisions and identification card, in shall become null and void immediately upon and no payment whatsoever shall be made by 15.

(I) In the event of a pensioner desiring residence from the district in which a pension to transfer his is awarded � 790 Cap.

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shall give notice authority Chairman.

thereof to the Chairman his pension and surrender of the appropriate vouchers to the said authority endorsed thereon, his vouchers duly authority of the pensioner endorsed.
shall on receipt an appropriate cause particula:ls (2)Upon receipt of such notification and pension vouchers of the appropriate of the appropriate proposes to such pensioner, the Chairman the Chairman the pensioner relating the decision identification of the appropriate card and pension to reside, including authority authority all the relevant shall desp atch to in whose district documents a copy of his claim with (3)The Chairman of of such documents inserted re-issue sioner, effected: of approved in the register the pension vouchers and notify the Commissioners pensioners (duly endorsed) to such pen­ thus of the transfer to be for that district, Provided that in the case of a transfer there shall be issued town area in lieu of the pension pensioner, new pension payable pension residence.
in the district vouchers each showing to or from the George­ surrendered vouchers by the to him the same number of the amount of the monthly to which he has transferred his 16.Within ten days of the payment shall be forwarded voucher pension of a pension the relative to the Commissioners.

17.The Secretary Register the several of persons appropriate authorities.
to the Commissioners to whom pensions have been awarded shall keep a General by 18.The Registrar General shall- any information ( a)verify, free of charge, date of birth or death of a pensioner pension of the Commissioners; monthly (b)furnish the Commissioners the as regards for or an applicant with a list showing on request the name, date and place of death, age of sixty-five tered during the preceding month.
years or over, whose death has been regis­ of every person of the 19.The Superintendent the Alms of a Public Hospital, House, the Mental Hospital, Prisons, immediately to be of, the age of sixty-five shall notify the Secretary upon the admission the Leprosy or the Hospital, to the Commissioners of an inmate of, or appearing years or over, to that institution,