Payment of sums due to deceased or mentally disordered officers of councilN.I.
22.—(1) If, on the death of any person who is or has been an officer of a council, there is due to him or his personal representatives from the council a sum not exceeding £5,000 and not being a pension, allowance or gratuity payable by virtue of Article 9 of the [1972 NI 10] Superannuation (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 the council may, without requiring the production of probate or letters of administration of the estate of the officer, pay the whole or any part of that sum to the officer's personal representatives or to the person, or to or among any one or more of any persons, appearing to the council to be beneficially entitled to the estate of the officer, and any person to whom such a payment is made, and not the council, shall be liable to account for the sum paid to him under this paragraph.
(2) The council may, if it thinks fit, pay out of the said sum the funeral expenses of the officer or so much thereof as it considers reasonable having regard to any death grant which has been or is to be paid under section 32 of the [1975 c. 15] Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975.
(3 )F1 Paragraph (1) shall be included among the provisions with respect to which the Department of Finance and Personnel may make an order under section 6(1) of the [1967 c. 5 (N.I.)] Administration of Estates (Small Payments) Act (Northern Ireland) 1967, substituting for references to £5,000 references to such higher amount as may be specified in the order.
Para. (4) rep. by 1986 NI 4
F1mod. by SR 2004/68