# The Help–to–Save Accounts Regulations 2018, Regulation 9: Circumstances where eligible person unable to act—receivers etc.


(1) In the circumstances specified in paragraph (2) a person mentioned in sub-paragraph (b) of that paragraph may act for the person mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) of that paragraph for the purposes of—
(a) making a declaration under regulation 8(2)(b);
(b) opening a Help-to-Save account;
(c) managing a Help-to-Save account.
(2) The circumstances specified in this paragraph are where—
(a) a person is an eligible person but is unable for the time being to open and manage a Help-to-Save account; and
(b) there are any of the following—
(i) a receiver appointed by the Court of Protection with power to open and manage a Help-to-Save account on behalf of the person;
(ii) in Scotland, a tutor, curator or other guardian acting or appointed in terms of law who is administering the estate of the person; or
(iii) in Northern Ireland, a controller appointed by the High Court, with power to open and manage a Help-to-Save account on behalf of the person.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2018/9780111162880/regulation/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-helptosave-accounts-regulations-2018/regulation-9
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