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SOCIAL SERVICES ACT (No. 3) 1975 No. 110, 1975 - SECT 12

12. Sections 105E, 105F and 105G of the Principal Act are repealed and the
following sections substituted:- Notification of change of circum- stances.
''105E. Where-

   (a)  a person is in receipt of a double orphan's pension in respect of a
        child who is a double orphan by reason of the fact that one parent of
        the child is dead and-

        (i)    the whereabouts of the other parent of the child are not known
               to that person; or

        (ii)   the other parent of the child is serving a sentence of
               imprisonment or is a mental hospital patient; and

   (b)  the whereabouts of that other parent become known, or that other
        parent is released from prison or from a mental hospital and that fact
        becomes known, to that person, that person shall, within 14 days after
        the whereabouts of that other parent become known, or the fact that
        that other parent has been released from prison or from a mental
        hospital becomes known, to him, notify the Director accordingly.

Penalty: $40. Cessation of pension if circumstances change.
''105F. Where a double orphan's pension is payable in respect of a child by
reason of the fact that one parent of the child is dead and-

   (a)  the whereabouts of the other parent of the child are not known to the
        person in receipt of the pension; or

   (b)  the other parent of the child is serving a sentence of imprisonment or
        is a mental hospital patient, that pension ceases to be payable if the
        whereabouts of that other parent become known, or that other parent is
        released from prison or from a mental hospital and that fact becomes
        known, to the person in receipt of the pension. Application of pension
        under this Part.
''105G. A double orphan's pension shall be applied by the person to whom it is
payable to the maintenance, training and advancement of the child in respect
of whom it is granted.''. 


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