12. The Board shall distribute the payments to the heads of beneficiary units through the office of the local administrator.
However, the Board shall pay directly to the consort who applies therefor any amount to which that person is entitled, in accordance with the terms and conditions it determines.
The Board may also, if it deems it expedient and according to the terms and conditions it determines, pay to the consort rather than to the head of the beneficiary unit all amounts owed to the unit or any part of such amounts as may be attributable to the consort.
The first payment, equal to one quarter of the estimated total annual payment, shall be made on or about 1 September, the next payment on or about 2 January, the third payment on or about 1 April and the fourth payment on or about 30 June. The balance shall be paid after the submission of the application contemplated in section 32, on the date determined by the Board.
However, where the head of the beneficiary unit or the consort does not intend to return to his settlement before 2 January, the payment to be made on 1 September shall be equal to half of the estimated total annual payment.
1979, c. 16, s. 12; 1988, c. 60, s. 8.