Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) Notwithstanding
anything contained in these regulations the Board may —
(a) make
an interim payment in respect of any benefit;
(b)
postpone the payment of the whole or part of any benefit for any period not
exceeding 6 months after the happening of the event upon which the
benefit became payable;
[(c) deleted]
(d) make
payment of any benefit itself or cause or arrange for such payment to be made
for or on its behalf.
(2) Where the payment
of any amount is postponed under subregulation (1) interest at such rates
as are determined from time to time by the Board shall be added to the amount
so postponed from the date on which the benefit entitlement arose to a date,
not more than 28 days before payment, determined by the Board.
(3) Where, after a
benefit has been paid to a member under a regulation, it is established that
the member was eligible for a benefit under another regulation, the Board may
pay to or in respect of that member the benefit payable under the latter
regulation but any amount previously paid to the member shall be deducted from
the benefit payable under the latter regulation.
(4) Where a person who
is or may be entitled to any benefit is, in the opinion of the Board, unable
by reason of mental incapacity to manage his or her own affairs, the Board may
pay that benefit —
(a) to a
person appointed under the Mental Health Act 1996 to be the manager of
the estate of the first-mentioned person, or, if there is no such manager, to
any other person, for or on behalf of the first-mentioned person; or
(b) to
the dependants of the first-mentioned person.
(5) A payment under
subregulation (4) shall, without any thing more, be a sufficient
discharge to the Board.
[Regulation 26 amended in Gazette
31 Dec 1992 p. 6368; 8 Sep 1998 p. 4910.]