Disposal of direct payment card

(1) Subject to paragraph (3), where the employment of an insured person is terminated during the currency of that person’s direct payment card the employer having the custody of such card shall deliver it to the Manager within seven days after the termination of the employment: Provided that where such employment is terminated by the employed person without prior notice or intimation to his employer, the said period of seven days shall be extended to fourteen days. (2) For the purpose of paragraph (1) the employment of a person shall be considered to have been terminated on the day on which it comes to an end, whether the employment is to be resumed at a later date or not, and in the case of termination by the employed person without prior notice the day of termination of employment shall be the last day on which the employed person attends for work, whether such termination is in accordance with the provisions of any law or contract of service or not. Social Security 15 (3) The Manager may require any employer to return the direct payment card of an insured person in the circumstances mentioned in paragraph (1) at any other time as the Manager may deem necessary for the efficient administration of the Act. (4) On the death of an employed person, the employer or any other person having possession or thereafter obtaining possession of the direct payment card of the deceased person, shall forthwith deliver it to the Manager. card.