Custody of the registration card and obligations of insured persons

(1) Any person who is registered pursuant to Regulation 4 above and to whom a registration card is issued shall be responsible for the safe custody of that card and shall carry that card on his person at all times– Provided that where a registration card is issued to a dependent child below the age of eighteen years, the parent or guardian of such child shall be responsible for complying with the requirements of subregulation (1) above. (2) Every insured person shall, on commencing employment with a new employer and on such other occasions as his 12 Social Security employer may require, produce the registration card to the (3) An insured person shall produce the registration card for inspection at any reasonable time when required to do so by an inspector, and if so required shall deliver such card to the inspector who may retain such card if he considers it necessary for the purposes of the Act– Provided that the inspector shall immediately give a receipt for any such card retained by him. (4) If any registration card is destroyed or lost or is defaced in any material particular the insured person concerned shall forthwith report the matter to the Manager giving him full particulars and the Manager after making appropriate investigations may replace the card subject to such conditions as he may decide. (5) On the death of an insured person, any person having in his possession the registration card of the deceased insured person shall forthwith deliver it to the Manager.