S.L. 318.1 Art. 7Investigation.

As soon as may be after receiving any claim, the Director of Social Services shall take all necessary steps for investigating and ascertaining whether the claimant in entitled to a pension, and, if so, at what rate:

Provided that -

(a) where a claim made by the claimant within the previous six months has been disallowed and the claimant does not show prima facie to the satisfaction of the Director of Social Services that the grounds for that disallowance are no longer tenable; or

(b) where a claim on the face of it discloses that the claimant does not fulfill the statutory conditions, the Director of Social Services shall not be bound to investigate the claim.