# The Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992, Regulation 78: Person to whom benefit is to be paid

Extent: E+W+S

(1) Subject to regulation 81 (payment on death) and paragraph (2), any payment of council tax benefit under regulation 77(1)(b) shall be made to that person.
(2) Where a person other than a person who is entitled to council tax benefit made the claim and that first person is a person acting pursuant to an appointment under regulation 61(3) (persons appointed to act for a person unable to act) or is treated as having been so appointed by virtue of regulation 61(5), benefit may be paid to that person.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/1814/regulation/78 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-benefit-general-regulations-1992/regulation-78
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