Exchange of direct payment card

(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), every direct payment card which ceases to be current shall be exchanged by the Manager and for this purpose the employer shall deliver it to the Manager within ten days after the date on which the card ceases to be current or within such period as the Manager may determine. (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1) every employer having in his possession a direct payment card shall within four weeks before the date on which the card ceases to be current require the insured person to whom it relates to sign the card. (3) An employed person required to sign a direct payment card under paragraph (2) shall sign the card and insert his present address in the respective places provided for those purposes on the card. (4) The Manager may in his discretion exchange a current direct payment card for the purposes of the Act at any other time and in any manner as he may deem necessary. card.