Div 8Payment of Pensions.

Division 8.—Payment of Pensions. Date from which pension payable. 39. Where an age or invalid pension is granted, it shall be paid from a date determined by the Director-General, but the date so determined shall not be prior to the date on which the claim for the pension was lodged or later than the first pension pay day occurring after the date on which the claim was lodged, except where the determination of the claim has been delayed by neglect or default on the part of the claimant, in which case the Director-General shall fix such later date of commencement as he considers reasonable in the circumstances. Payment of pension. 40.—(1.) A pension shall be paid— (a) to the pensioner; or (b) on behalf of the pensioner, to such other person as the pensioner appoints in accordance with a form approved by the Director-General. (2.) A pension shall be paid in such manner as the Director-General determines. Payment of pension in instalments. 41.—(1.) Pensions shall be paid in fortnightly instalments. (2.) In order to ascertain the amount of a fortnightly instalment of a pension, the annual rate of the pension shall be divided by twenty-six. Instalments to be forfeited if not collected within limited time. 42.—(1.) An instalment of a pension payable in cash shall be forfeited if it is not collected within six weeks after the due date for payment of the instalment. (2.) Where an instalment of a pension is so forfeited, the Director-General may waive the forfeiture if he is satisfied that there were reasonable grounds for the failure to collect the instalment within the time provided by the last preceding sub-section. Payment of pension to other person. 43. Where the Director-General is satisfied that, having regard to the age, infirmity, ill-health or improvidence of a pensioner, or to any other special circumstances, it is expedient that payment of the pension should be made to some other person on behalf of the pensioner, the Director-General may authorize payment accordingly, and that other person shall be entitled to receive payment of the pension.