PENSIONS TO BE PAID

Southland Times, Issue 24300, 4 December 1940, Page 8

PENSIONS TO BE PAID

Emergency Reserve Corps

(From Our Parliamentary Reporter) WELLINGTON, December 3.

Pensions and allowances are to be paid to members of the Emergency Reserve Corps and their dependants in the event of death or disablement arising out of their duties as members of that organization. This provision is contained in a section of the Finance Bill No. 4, which was introduced in the House this evening, and read a first time.

In the event of the death of a male member of the corps, the rates for tht» widow and children are to be the same as those provided for in the War Pensions Extension Act 1940 in respect of the death of a private in the army. In the case of other dependants the pens'ion may not exceed the value of the benefits received by the claimant from the member during the 12 months preceding the date of his death. This latter provision also applies in the case of the death of a female member, in which case also the pension for a child is not to exceed 10/- a week.

Following are the maximum rates in the event of total disablement: Unmarried member under 21, £1 a week; any other member, £2 a week; wife of a member, £2 a week and 10/- a week for each child; in the case of any other dependant the value of the benefits received by a claimant during the preceding 12 months. In the case of partial disablement rates are to be determined by the War Pensions Board.