{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-assistance-scheme-internal-review-regulations-2005/regulation-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-assistance-scheme-internal-review-regulations-2005/regulation-17.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/1994",
  "legislation_title": "The Financial Assistance Scheme (Internal Review) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-assistance-scheme-internal-review-regulations-2005",
  "path": "regulation/17",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Representation",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), any interested person may, by sending written notice to the scheme manager, appoint a person to act as his representative for the purposes of these Regulations.\n(2) Where a person who is a beneficiary or a potential beneficiary—\n(a) dies; or\n(b) is otherwise incapable of acting for himself,\nand there is no person appointed under paragraph (1) in respect of him, the scheme manager may appoint a person to act as that person’s representative for the purposes of these Regulations.\n(3) A person appointed to act as a representative of any person under paragraph (1) or (2) for the purposes of these Regulations may be a person who is an appointed representative of that person within the meaning of regulation 2(7)(a) of the FAS Regulations.\n(4) If an interested person appoints a representative under paragraph (1), and then—\n(a) dies; or\n(b) becomes otherwise incapable of acting for himself,\nthe person appointed under paragraph (1) is deemed to have been appointed under paragraph (2).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 17(3) substituted (24.11.2005) by The Financial Assistance Scheme (Modifications and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3256), regs. 1(1), 5(12)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 17(4) added (24.11.2005) by The Financial Assistance Scheme (Modifications and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3256), regs. 1(1), 5(12)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 17 in force at 20.7.2005, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/1994/regulation/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:55:41.564956+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."
}