13Payment of orphans’ pensions

#### 13 Payment of orphans’ pensions (1) In this section, orphan’s pension means a pension payable in respect of an eligible child, or eligible children, under section 11 or 12. (2) A payment of an orphan’s pension payable in respect of an eligible child or eligible children shall be made to the child or children or to such other person or persons as the Minister considers appropriate. (3) Where a payment of orphan’s pension is payable in respect of 2 or more eligible children, the Minister may, having regard to the respective circumstances of the children and to such other matters as he or she considers appropriate, apportion the amount of the payment amongst the children in such manner as he or she thinks fit, and the portion applicable to a particular eligible child or to particular eligible children shall, for the purposes of subsection (2), be deemed to be a payment of orphan’s pension payable in respect of that child or those children. (4) A payment of orphan’s pension that, under subsection (2), is made to a person or persons other than the eligible child or eligible children in respect of whom it is payable shall be applied for the support, education or other benefit of that eligible child or those eligible children.