MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume LXIV, Issue 21, 24 May 1939, Page 374

MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION.

Social Security (Monetary Benefits) Regulations 1939. Serial No. 1939/55. The attention of members of the Force is directed to the undermentioned provisions of regulations made on 10th instant under the Social Security Act, 1938. D. J. Cummings, Commissioner of Police. Wellington, 15th May, 1939.

Regulation 21. “ (5) It shall be the duty of every Clerk of Court, Postmaster, and member of the Police Force, on application in that behalf, to assist applicants in the preparation of their applications for monetary benefits under the Act, and of every member of the Police Force to render such further service as the Department may require ; but no expenditure shall be incurred on behalf of the Department without authority first obtained through the Registrar of the district. “ (6) If any Government officer has reason to believe that any person is receiving any monetary benefit under the Act to which, by reason of employment or any other circumstances, he is not legally entitled, or that moneys received under the Act are being misused, it shall be the duty of such officer to communicate the facts to the Registrar of the district, and on receipt of such communication the Registrar shall take whatever steps are necessary to determine the matter in accordance with the provisions of the Act and these regulations.”