Regulations, 2004

L.N. 195 of 2004

WIDOWS’ AND ORPHANS’ PENSIONS ACT

(CAP. 58)

Widows’ and Orphans’ Pensions (Cross-Border Payments)

Regulations, 2004

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 34 of the

Widows’ and Orphans Pensions Act, the Prime Minister and Minister

of Finance has made the following regulations>–

These regulations may be cited as the Widows’ and

Orphans’ Pensions (Cross-Border Payments) Regulations, 2004 and

they shall come into force on the 1st May, 2004.

Pensions, gratuities and allowances payable under the

Widows’ and Orphans’ Pensions Act to any person shall also be

payable to the person entitled thereto in other Member States of the

European Community net of any taxes and transaction charges in

accordance with Article 5 of Council Directive 98#49#EC of the 29th

June, 1998 on safeguarding the supplementary pension rights of

employed and self-employed persons moving within the Community.

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