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Grant of annual allowances to certain persons.
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4.—(1) The Minister may, on account of the death of any person in respect of whom this Part applies, on application being made to him—
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(a) grant to the widow of such deceased person provided such widow had not re-married before the 1st day of January, 1953, an annual allowance of £250 during widowhood;
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(b) grant to such one parent of such deceased person, as the Minister may direct, an annual allowance of £180;
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(c) grant to such one sister of such deceased person, as the Minister may direct, provided such sister is unmarried or a widow, an annual allowance of £125, while she remains unmarried or a widow (as the case may be) and provided such sister—
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(i) was dependent on such deceased person at the date of his death, or
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(ii) should, in the opinion of the Minister for Finance, be treated, having regard to all the circumstances of the case, as a dependant of such deceased person;
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(d) grant to such one permanently invalided brother of such deceased person, as the Minister may direct, an annual allowance of £125, provided such brother—
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(i) was dependent on such deceased person at the date of his death, or
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(ii) should, in the opinion of the Minister for Finance, be treated, having regard to all the circumstances of the case, as a dependant of such deceased person.
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(2) Only one allowance in respect of the same deceased person shall be payable at any one time under this Part.
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