# The Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance (Administration) Regulations 2003, Regulation 16: Payment by direct credit transfer

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) Child benefit or guardian’s allowance shall be paid in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (6) unless paid in accordance with regulation 17.
(2) Payment of child benefit or guardian’s allowance ... shall be made by direct credit transfer into a bank or other account that the person entitled to the benefit or allowance has notified to the Board for the purpose of payment of—
(a) a benefit described in section 5(2) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992;
(b) a benefit described in section 5(2) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland Act) 1992; or
(c) a tax credit described in section 1 of the Tax Credits Act 2002,
to which that person is entitled.
(3) If a person entitled to child benefit is also entitled to guardian’s allowance, the allowance shall be paid into the same bank or other account as that into which the child benefit is paid under this regulation.
(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(5) Subject to paragraph (6), the benefit or allowance shall be paid within seven days of the last day of each successive period of entitlement.
(6) The Board may make a particular payment by direct credit transfer otherwise than is provided by paragraph (5) if it appears to them appropriate to do so for the purpose of—
(a) paying any arrears of benefit or allowance, or
(b) making a payment in respect of a terminal period of an award for any similar purpose.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/492/regulation/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/child-benefit-and-guardians-allowance-administration-regulations-2003/regulation-16
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