Paragraph 5 Payments for minors and persons incapable of managing their affairs

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. 1 Annex A1 inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Scheme 2012 art. 4
Sch. 1 para. 2(1) words substituted by General and Specialist Medical Practice (Education, Training and Qualifications) 2010 Sch. 3 para. 15
Sch. 1 Pt. 13A inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Scheme Order 2007 2010 Sch.
Sch. 1 Pt. 13B inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Scheme Order 2007 2010 Sch. para. 4
Sch. 1 Pt. 13 rule 4(3) words inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes 2024 Sch. para. 8
Sch. 1 Pt. 13 rule 1 word omitted by Firefighters' Pension Scheme Order 2007 2008 Sch. para. 12
Sch. 1 Pt. 13B omitted by Fire Reform (Pensions Amendments) 2013 art. 20
Sch. 1 Pt. 13 rule 1(1) words substituted by Fire Reform (Pensions Amendments) 2013 art. 19(a)
Sch. 1 Pt. 13 rule 1(2) words substituted by Fire Reform (Pensions Amendments) 2013 art. 19(b)
Sch. 1 Annex 3 inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Scheme 2014 Sch. para. 17
Sch. 1 Annex AB1 inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Scheme 2014 Sch. para. 15
Sch. 1 Annex ZA inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Scheme 2014 Sch. para. 13
Sch. 1 Pt. 13 rule 1(1) words substituted by Firefighters’ Pension Scheme 2014 Sch. para. 12(a)(i)
Sch. 1 Pt. 13 rule 1(3) inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Scheme 2014 Sch. para. 12(a)(ii)
Sch. 1 Pt. 13 rule 4(1) Sch. 1 Pt. 13 rule 4 renumbered as rule 4(1) by Firefighters’ Pension Scheme 2014 Sch. para. 12(b)(i)
Sch. 1 Pt. 13 rule 4(2)(3) inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Scheme 2014 Sch. para. 12(b)(ii)

(1)

Any sum payable to a minor in respect of an award may, if the authority think fit, be paid to such other person as they may determine, who shall, in accordance with any directions given by the authority, apply it for the minor’s benefit.

(2)

If it appears to the authority that a person entitled to payment of an award is, by reason of mental disorder or otherwise, incapable of managing their affairs–

(a)

they may pay the award or any part of it to a person having the care of the person entitled, or such other person as they may determine; and

(b)

insofar as they do not pay the award in that manner, they may apply it in such manner as they think fit for the benefit of the person entitled or the person’s dependants.