Labour Relations Act, 1995 (Act No. 66 of 1995)

Notices

Bargaining Council for the Furniture Manufacturing Industry

KwaZulu Natal

Extension to Non-Parties of the Provident Fund and Mortality Benefit Association Collective Agreement

Chapter lll

20. Limitation of benefits

Purchase

No payments shall be made in terms of clause 19, unless application therefore is made within a period of one year from the date of death where after the benefits shall revert to the Mortality Benefit Association for the benefit of the remaining members, and there shall thereafter be no further claim against the Association.

2	The Mortality Benefit Association shall not be liable to pay any benefits, other than at the discretion of the Management Committee, where the claim arises from death—

(a)	while insane or in a state of intoxication, by reason of suicide or attempted suicide or intentional self-inflicted injuries or because of self- inflicted gunshot wounds;

(b)

while engaged or taking part in aeronautics or aviation of any kind or resulting from the member being in any aircraft except as a fare-paying passenger in a fully licensed standard type of aircraft operated by a recognised airline on a regular air route or in a fully licensed standard type of multi-engine aircraft operated by a recognised air charter company;

(c)	while riding or driving in any kind of race or resulting from mountaineering, alpine winter sports, ice hockey, steeple chasing, polo, motor cycling or the use of motor scooters and/or mechanically driven cycles of any description;

(d)	while engaged or taking part in military, navel or air force service operations;

(e)

from any consequences arising directly or indirectly from war, invasion, hostile acts of foreign powers, hostilities or warlike operations (whether war be declared or not), civil war, mutiny, insurrection, rebellion, revolution, military or usurped power, martial law or a state of siege, or whilst engaged or taking part in any disturbances of the public peace or riots or civil commotions of any kind.

3	If at any time the amount to the credit of the Association drops below R12,500, payments in terms of clause 20 shall cease and shall not be resumed until the amount to the credit of the Association exceeds R25,000.