S.L. 111.1 Art. 41Provisions for dispensing with opening of succession.

Where a person to whom any payment could have been made under this Scheme before his death dies before that payment is made, and the amount so unpaid does not exceed eighty-one euros and fifty-three cents (81.53), the opening of succession or other proof of title of the personal representative of the deceased person and any suspension of payment under the provisions of the Duty on Documents and Transfers Act may be dispensed with, and the amount so unpaid may be paid or distributed to or among persons appearing to the Committee to be the persons beneficially entitled to the personal estate of the deceased person or to or among any one or more of those persons and, in determining the persons to whom or the proportions in which the amount so unpaid shall be paid or distributed, the Committee may have regard to any payments made or incurred by any such person for or on account of the funeral expenses of the deceased person.