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SOCIAL SECURITY

MONETARY BENEFITS

PROCEDURE OUTLINED

The Pensions Department advises j that forms of application, for monetary' benefits under Part II of the Social Security Act, 1938—that is, age,' widows', orphan's, family, invalids', miners', sickness, and unemployment— will be available on end after March 15 at the office of any Registrar of Pen-.; sions or district employment officer of ] the Labour Department in tlie larger, centres and at the local post offices, in the smaller towns throughout the Dominion. The Act comes into operation as from April 1 and application forms, when j completed, should be forwarded to the; nearest Social Security office,. Those already in receipt of pensions i or allowances ate not required to apply for : similar monetary benefits under the Social Security Act, as the change-over will be made without personal application. For example, an old age pensioner receiving a pension of 22s 6d a week will be granted from April 1 an age benefit of 30s a week without application, and a person holding a current pension certificate willj be able to produce it as sufficient authority to receive payment of the corresponding benefit of the Social Security Department at the next pay day. It is expected that a large number of applications will be received by the Department during the initial stages, but no time Will be lost in preparing each case "for the Social Security Commission's decision, and any accumulation of applications will be reduced to normal dimensions as expeditiously as possible.

PAYMENT OF PENSIONS

(By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, March 1& Officers of the Pensions Department in Auckland said today that all pensions provision under the Social Se<curity Act will come into operation as from April 1. Arrangements had been made for the first payment of the increased age benefits and other pensions on April j 23. The due date for payment does not fall till April 30, since the Department normally follows the practice of paying at the end of the month all pertisions falling due at the beginning of the month. However, the usual system will be followed* of paying a week in advance of the due date.

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Bibliographic details

Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 61, 14 March 1939, Page 8

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SOCIAL SECURITY Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 61, 14 March 1939, Page 8

SOCIAL SECURITY Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 61, 14 March 1939, Page 8