Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1981
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Payment of orphan's pensions. [1935 WOPS, s. 34] |
191.—(1) Subject to this section, an orphan's (non-contributory) pension shall be paid to the guardian of the orphan in respect of whom such pension is payable. | |
(2) The Minister may, if he considers it advisable so to do, direct that a pension shall, in lieu of being paid to the guardian of the orphan in respect of whom such pension is payable, be paid to some other person for the benefit of the orphan. | ||
[1935 WOPS, s. 37] | ||
(3) A pension shall, subject to any directions of the Minister in special cases, be paid weekly in advance in such manner and subject to such conditions as to identification or otherwise as the Minister may direct. | ||
[1935 WOPS, s. 36; 1937 WOPS, s. 20] | ||
(4) Where the date on which a pension would cease to be payable is a day of the week other than that immediately preceding the day in the week prescribed as the day in the week on which the weekly payments on account of the pension are to be made, such pension shall continue to be payable in respect of the days in the week up to, but not including, that prescribed day. | ||
[1935 WOPS, s. 31; S.I. No. 25 of 1953 ] | ||
(5) The right to any sum payable by way of pension shall be extinguished where payment thereof is not obtained within 3 months or, where in any particular case the Minister so approves, 6 months from the date on which that sum is receivable under Article 5 of the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions (Claims and Payments Regulations) Order, 1935 (S.R. & O., No. 678 of 1935). |