Regulations for benefits

Regulations may provide– (a) for disqualifying a person for the receipt of any benefit if he fails to make a claim therefor within the prescribed time, but any such regulations shall provide for extending the time within which the claim is to be made in the cases where good cause is shown for the delay; (b) for the prevention of the receipt of two or more benefits and for the adjustment of benefits in special circumstances; 25 (c) as to the time and manner of payment of benefit and the information to be furnished by any person when applying for payment; (d) for adjusting the commencement and the termination of benefits so that, except in the case of sickness benefit and injury benefit, payments shall not be made in respect of periods less than a contribution week or at different rates for different parts of a contribution week; (e) for the circumstances in which and the time for which a person shall be disqualified for or disentitled to receive benefits; (f) for the circumstances in which a benefit may be forfeited or suspended and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, for the suspension of payment of a benefit to or in respect of any person during any period when he is– (i) absent from Belize; or (ii) undergoing imprisonment or detention in legal custody, and for the circumstances and the manner in which payment of the whole or of any part of any benefit may instead of being so suspended be made during any such period to or for the maintenance of such persons as may be specified in the regulations, being persons nominated by the person entitled to the benefit or who in the opinion of the Chief Executive Officer are dependents of that person; 26 (g) that a person may be appointed to exercise on behalf of– (i) a claimant or beneficiary who is a minor; (ii) a claimant or beneficiary who may be unable to act; or (iii) a claimant or beneficiary who may become unable to act; any right or power that the claimant or beneficiary may be entitled to exercise under this Act; (h) that a person appointed in pursuance of regulations made under paragraph (g) may receive and deal with any sum payable by way of benefit on behalf of the claimant or the beneficiary; (i) that a claim may be made or proceeded with in the name of a deceased person where the claim arose from the death of that person, and may authorise the payment or distribution of the benefit to or amongst persons claiming as legal heirs, personal representatives, legatees, next of kin, dependants or creditors; (j) for dispensing with the strict proof of the title of claiming in pursuance of regulations made under paragraph (i); or (k) for such other matters as may be necessary for the proper of including the obligations of persons claiming any benefit in their own behalf or on behalf of others, and the obligations of beneficiaries and 27