Substitution of article 17 of the principal Scheme

2.  For article 17 of the principal Scheme (sums not payable when delay in claiming) there shall be substituted the following article—

“17.— (1) An allowance, or an increase of allowance, shall not be payable to any person in respect of any period more than three months before the claim for the allowance or the increase, as the case may be, is made.

(2) Death benefit shall not be payable in respect of the death of any person to or for the benefit of any dependant who fails to make a claim for that benefit within a period of three months beginning with the day of the death.”.