| Ruling | | Refer to rule number | Approval date & minute number |
| 1. | CREDIT MANAGEMENT - PENSIONER AND CASH
PAYERS (Pay and Claim Status)
In cases where management is of the opinion that a member has failed to make any positive attempt to reduce his debt, the member and his suppliers of services will be advised that the Society will cease to make direct payments to such suppliers resulting in the member having to pay the supplier and claim a refund from the Society. | Rule 16.2 | 28 July 1994
35.94.2
17 September 2009
47.09 |
| 2. | INDEMNIFIED CONDITIONS IN EXISTING EMPLOYEES JOINING
Employees joining the Society after their employment engagement date will be subject to the rules in their entirety and therefore indemnities (sickness conditions) may be imposed. | Rule 8.4 | 20 August 1991
35.91 |
| 3. | MEDICINES SUPPLIED BY PHARMACISTS
Members may obtain medicines, without a doctor's prescription, for self-diagnosed minor ailments from any registered pharmacy.
The maximum cost of medicine supplied to a member or dependant member is stated on Annexure "A". | Annexure B E.2 | 24 February 1998
4.98.2
(with effect 1 May 1998)
8 March 2000
5 March 2001
4 December 1999
48.98.2
31.03.01/18.06
21 June 2007
22.07.2
25 June 2008
22.08.4 |
| 4. | BAD DEBTS
Management is authorised to write off small debts owing to the Society where the individual amount does not exceed R3,870.00 and this amount must be reviewed annually based on CPI as at September of each year. | Rule 21.3 | 2 September 1997
37.97
16 September 2008
32.08.6
3 December 2009
65.09
9 December 2010
75.10 |
| 5. | MEMBER TRUSTEES’ ELECTION -2009/10 5.1 Election Officer
The Board shall appoint an Election Officer. The control over the printing, numbering, distribution, receiving and counting of ballot papers shall be at the discretion of the Election Officer. 5.2 Nominatinos
All principal members are eligible for nomination. Nomination forms will be distributed to all members by 16 October 2009. The closing date for nominations will be 16 November 2009. 5.3 Election Principles and Ballot Process
All principal members shall receive a ballot paper and may vote for a maximum of four candidates. Ballot papers listing all the nominees together with their curriculum vitae’s will be distributed to all principal members by no later than 31 January 2010. Ballot papers must be returned in the pre-addressed envelope to the Election Officer by no later than 26 March 2010.
Those candidates scoring the highest number of votes [in each region] shall be duly elected as Trustees. The candidate obtaining the next highest number of votes shall automatically replace the first elected Trustee should the first Trustee cease to hold office for the remainder of his/her term of office.
Only principal members registered at the Society on 15 December 2009 will constitute the voters roll and be eligible to vote in the ensuing election. 5.4 Annual General Meeting
The Election Officer shall announce the results of the election at the 2010 Annual General Meeting. The retiring trustees shall remain in office until the end of the AGM and the newly elected trustees will take up office the day after the AGM. | Rule 18.2 | 17 September 2009
49.09 |
| 6. | CHRONIC MEDICINE
In cases where a member/dependant has ordered a greater quantity of any chronic medicine than has been authorised, the member/dependant shall not receive any benefit for such excessive supplies of medication. | Item E.3 on Annexure "B" to the rules | March 2001
3.01.8 |
| 7. | SICKNESS-CONDITIONS
The Trustees approved a ruling that "pregnancy and confinements" be added to "sickness-conditions" for instances where a condition-specific waiting period may be imposed. It was reported that this was consistent with the Council's model Rule 8.4. The explanatory memorandum to the model rules stated: "A "condition-specific waiting period’ may also be imposed on benefits for pregnancy and confinements." | Rule 8.4 | March 2004
13.04 |
| 8. | RULING-LATE JOINER PENALTIES
The Trustees authorised management to apply the late joiner penalties in Annexure A to the Rules. The late joiner penalties are to be applied to all new adult dependants (excluding spouses) joining the Society who fall within the criteria as defined in Annexure A to the Rules. | Annexure A | December 2004
51.04 |
| 9. | RULING OF PENSIONERS RETIRING PRIOR TO 1997
Gross monthly earnings for continuation members who retired prior to 1 January 1997- The gross monthly earnings are those earnings received from the De Beers Pension Fund.
- The income category for pensioners in receipt of two pensions, i.e. spouse pension and a pension in his/her own right, be based on the pension relevant to his/her medical record (post retirement obligation of the employer)
- Where a pensioner is in receipt of multiple pensions (e.g. RSA, NAM, Foreign) then the gross monthly earnings is the sum of all the pensions.
- Dependants of a deceased principal member who do not qualify for a pension from the De Beers Pension Fund and who retired prior to 1 January 1997, and are eligible for continuation membership, will remain on the same income category as the deceased member for the determination of the contribution rate.
| 4.26.4 | June 2007
22.07.2 |
