(1) The alternative verification procedure for a person who is a signatory to an account and who:
(a) is unable to comply with the checks mentioned in section 10; and
(b) produces to the identifying cash dealer, not more than 3 months after the date on which it was issued, a letter of introduction from an employee of the Human Services Department;
consists of the verification by that identifying cash dealer of the identity of the person from that letter of introduction.
(2) Verification of the identity of a signatory under the alternative verification procedure specified in subsection (1) is worth 100 points.
(3) In this section:
"letter of introduction " means a letter signed by the signatory and an employee of the Human Services Department to the effect that:
(a) the signatory receives a social security payment; and
(b) the signatory's signature has been verified from the records of the Department.