Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C1962A00066:body:0:p23
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C1962A00066
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the following section is inserted:—

Payment by Authority on death of waterside worker.
"52b.—(1.) Where—
       (a) a person dies and, by reason of his having been a waterside worker, moneys are payable by the Authority to him at the time of his death or become payable by the Authority to his legal personal representative; and
       (b) within one month after his death, probate of his will is not, and letters of administration of his estate are not produced to the Authority and notice in writing of the existence of a will and of an intention to prove it, or of an intention to take out letters of administration, is not given to the Authority,
the Authority may, in its discretion, apply the moneys—
       (c) in payment of the funeral expenses of the person or in reimbursing any person who has paid those expenses; and
       (d) in payment of the balance to the widow or to a relation of the person or to such other person as the Authority, in the circumstances, thinks fit.
"(2.) A claim does not lie against the Authority in respect of anything done by the Authority in pursuance of this section,

and, where the Authority pays any moneys to a person under this section, it is not liable to pay those moneys to any other person, but this section does not relieve a person who receives moneys from the Authority under this section from any liability to account for or to apply the moneys in accordance with law.".

Notices
22. Section fifty-three of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:—
"(4.) A notice which, under this Act, is required or permitted to be served by the Authority on a registered waterside worker may be served by sending it by post by letter addressed to him at his address last known to the Authority or by delivering it to him by any other means.".

23. After section fifty-four of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:—

False statement &c., in connexion with medical examinations.
"54a. A person shall not in connexion with any medical examination conducted for the purposes of this Act make a statement or furnish information that he knows to be false or misleading or does not believe to be true or do any act or thing that is calculated to deceive the Authority, a medical practitioner or a board constituted under section thirty-seven b of this Act.
Penalty: Twenty-five pounds.".

Waterside workers who eased to be registered during the period 1st May, to 5th June, 1961.
24.—Where—
       (a) a registered waterside worker died during the period that commenced on the first day of May, and ended