Basic Benefits Regulation

18 6.3.4.4.1.3 a child adopted by custom by the Member in Good Standing provided that both natural parents are deceased, and who has been recorded as such in the Payment Receipt Booklet of the Member in Good Standing, subject to the provisions of regulation 6.3.4.4.2 below. 6.3.4.4.2 A newborn child and adopted child of a Member in Good Standing must be recorded in the Payment Receipt Booklet of the Member in Good Standing within a period of 6 (six) months after the date of birth or adoption, as the case may be. 6.3.4.4.3 A Dependent Child specifically excludes a child: 6.3.4.4.3.1 who survives the Member in Good Standing; 6.3.4.4.3.2 who is the child of a Dependent Child (i.e grandchildren); or 6.3.4.4.3.3 who is 25 (twenty five) years or older. 6.3.4.4.4 Notwithstanding the provisions of regulation 6.3.4.4.3.3 above, a child who is 25 (twenty five) years or older will qualify as a Dependent Child to the extent that such child is dependent on the Member in Good Standing due to a physical and/or mental disability, provided that: 6.3.4.4.4.1 such disability existed or occurred whilst the child otherwise qualified as a Dependent Child; and 6.3.4.4.4.2 the Member in Good Standing paid at least 1 (one) Membership Contribution prior to the date that the child would ordinarily cease to be a Dependent Child. 6.3.4.4.5 A child of a Member in Good Standing (who is the father) shall not be a Dependent Child of the Member in Good Standing for purposes of the Funerary Management Benefit unless: 6.3.4.4.5.1 the natural mother is deceased;