| (1) |
Subject to subregulation (2), the Department must, provide a coffin, funeral items and accessories, not exceeding the amount of R12 000,00 for the purposes of a hand-over ceremony. |
| (2) |
The Department is not obliged to provide a coffin— |
| (a) |
if the relatives of a deceased victim have provided a coffin; |
| (b) |
if a coffin has been donated by any person or institution; or |
| (c) |
subject to subregulation (3), if— |
| (i) |
burial support is available in respect of a deceased victim in terms of section 5 of the Military Veterans Act, 2011 (Act No. 18 of 2011); or |
| (ii) |
funeral benefits are payable in respect of a deceased victim in terms of section 6F of the Special Pensions Act, (Act No. 69 of 1996). |
| (3) |
The Department may, notwithstanding the availability of burial support or the entitlement to funeral benefits referred to in subregulation (2)(c), provide a coffin for the purposes of a hand-over ceremony, if it appears to the Fund Administrator that the relatives of the deceased victim are unable, for whatever reason, to provide a coffin timeously for the purposes of the ceremony. |
| (4) |
The Department must liaise with the relatives of a deceased victim on the coffin to be provided. |
[Regulation 5C inserted by regulation 7 of Notice No. R. 1305 of 2016]
Older Persons Act, 2006
