Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00074:section:6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00074
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 6
Character Range: 7390–8542

6  Payment of shares of surplus to individual contributors and pensioners
 (1) Subject to subsection (2), as soon as practicable after the allocation in respect of eligible contributors, or the allocation in respect of eligible pensioners, has been made under section 5, there shall be paid out of the Fund to each eligible contributor or eligible pensioner, as the case requires, who is entitled to an amount under the allocation an amount equal to that amount.
 (2) Where an eligible contributor or eligible pensioner who is entitled to an amount under the allocation made under subsection 5(2) or (3), as the case may be, has died before the time of payment of the amount:
 (a) if the widow of the contributor or pensioner is alive at the time of payment—an amount equal to the amount to which the contributor or pensioner is so entitled shall be paid out of the Fund to that widow; or
 (b) in any other case—an amount equal to, or amounts aggregating, the amount to which the contributor or pensioner is so entitled shall be paid out of the Fund to such person (if any), or to such persons (if any), as the case requires, as the Board determines.