15AAMoneys not to be assigned

15AA Moneys not to be assigned

15AA Moneys not to be assigned

(1) Moneys payable to or in respect of any person as a contributor shall not be in any way assigned or charged, or passed by operation of law, to any person, other than that firstmentioned person or his personal representative, nor shall any such moneys be assets for the payment of the debts or liabilities of that firstmentioned person.

(2) Nothing in this section prevents the Board from making, at the request of a person to whom an amount is payable, a payment of the whole or a part of the amount on behalf of the person.

(3) Any payment made under subsection (2) shall be deemed to have been made to the person entitled to the amount.

s 15AA: Ins 1968 No 6, sec 2 (d). Am 1987 No 215, Sch 1 (5).