Custody of direct payment card

(1) An employer having in his possession the direct payment card of an employee shall be responsible for its custody as long as he continues to employ such person or until such card is returned or delivered to the Manager or to an inspector in accordance with these Regulations. . (2) An employer having in his custody the direct payment card of an employee shall produce such card for inspection at any reasonable time when required to do so by an inspector, and if so required he shall deliver the said card to an inspector who may, if he thinks fit for the purposes of the Act, retain the card and in that case he shall immediately give a receipt for the card so retained. (3) Every employer having in his custody the direct payment card of an employed person shall give such person reasonable opportunity to have access to the said card during or immediately after working hours for the purpose of inspecting it, if the employed person so wishes– Provided that no employed person shall be entitled by virtue of this paragraph to inspect his direct payment card more often than once in any month or at such other time as may be appointed by his employer for the purpose. (4) If a direct payment card, while in the custody of an employer is lost, destroyed, defaced in any material particular or because of change of name or otherwise ceases to represent the identity of the employed person to whom it relates, the 14 Social Security employer shall forthwith apply to the Manager for the issue to him of a replacement card and for this purpose the employer and the insured person to whom the card relates shall furnish to the Manager such information and supporting evidence as the Manager may require– Provided that if the Manager considers the supporting evidence, if any, to be insufficient, he may, after appropriate investigation, reconstruct the card on a basis not exceeding the maximum contribution normally payable in respect of employed persons engaged on similar or comparable work. (5) Subject to paragraph (5) of Regulation 4, an employer shall be responsible for the correctness of all details entered on the direct payment card throughout the period during which it is in his custody. card.