43Payments in respect of children

#### 43 Payments in respect of children 43 Payments in respect of children > **s 43, hdg:** Rep 1987 No 40, Sch 1 (20). > > > (1) A pension payable under this Act in respect of a child shall be paid to the child’s mother, if living, or, if she is not living, to the child’s father, if living. > > > (2) Notwithstanding anything elsewhere contained in this Act, any money payable out of the Fund under this Act in respect of a child may, at the discretion of STC, be paid to the child’s guardian or expended by STC for the benefit of the child. > > > (3) Not more than one pension may be paid in respect of the one child during any one period and where, but for this subsection, pensions would be payable, in respect of the child, of the appropriate amount per fortnight under both section 61M and section 61N, the pension payable shall be that of the appropriate amount per fortnight under section 61N. > > > (4) (Repealed) > > **s 43:** Am 1955 No 6, sec 10 (1) (a). Subst 1977 No 137, Sch 4 (5). Am 1978 No 143, Sch 2 (21); 1985 No 46, Sch 8 (1); 1993 No 111, Sch 6 (41); 1996 No 39, Sch 4.