{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-benefit-and-guardians-allowance-administration-regulations-2003/regulation-29",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-benefit-and-guardians-allowance-administration-regulations-2003/regulation-29.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/492",
  "legislation_title": "The Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance (Administration) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-benefit-and-guardians-allowance-administration-regulations-2003",
  "path": "regulation/29",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "29",
  "heading": "Persons who may proceed with a claim made by a person who has died",
  "text": "(1) The Board may appoint such person as they think fit to proceed with a claim for child benefit or guardian’s allowance , and to deal with any issue related to the revision of, supersession of, or appeal in connection with a decision on, that claim which has been made by a person who has died.\n(2) Subject to regulation 32(2), the Board may pay or distribute any sum payable under an award on a claim proceeded with under paragraph (1) to or among—\n(a) persons over the age of 16 years claiming as personal representatives, legatees, next of kin or creditors of the person who has died; and\n(b) if the person who has died was illegitimate, any other persons over that age.\n(3) “Next of kin” means—\n(a) in England and Wales, and in Northern Ireland, the persons who would take beneficially on an intestacy;\n(b) in Scotland, the persons entitled to the moveable estate of the deceased on intestacy.\n(4) Where a sum is paid under paragraph (2) to a person, either of the following is a sufficient discharge to the Board for the sum paid—\n(a) a direct credit transfer under regulation 16 into the person’s account;\n(b) the receipt by the person of a payment made by some other means.\n(5) If the Board consider that a sum or part of a sum which may be paid or distributed under paragraph (2) is needed for the benefit of a person under the age of 16 years, they may obtain a good discharge for that sum by paying it to a person over that age whom they are satisfied will apply the sum for the benefit of the person under that age.\n(6) Regulation 26 (extinguishment of right) applies to a payment or distribution made under paragraph (2).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 29(1) added (18.3.2005) by The Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/343), regs. 1, 11(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 29(4)(a) substituted (1.11.2010) by The Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance (Administration) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/2459), regs. 1, 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 29 in force at 7.4.2003, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/492/regulation/29",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:30:58.368634+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}