S.L. 318.1 Art. 17Sum payable on death.

(1) In this regulation and in regulation 18, unless the context otherwise requires, "sum payable on death" means -

(a) in the case of the death of a pensioner, any sum which became payable on account of the pension within the three months preceding the date of death but has not been paid; or

(b) in the case of the death of a claimant of a pension, any sum which, if the claim had been allowed immediately before his death, would have become payable on account of the pension up to the date of death.

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Act but subject to the provisions of these regulations, the Director of Social Services may, if a claim to a sum payable on death is made to him within three months of the death of the pensioner or, as the case may be, of the claimant of the pension, make payment of the sum payable on death.