# The Firefighters' Pension Scheme (Scotland) Order 2007, Paragraph 5: Payments for minors and persons incapable of managing their affairs


(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2007/199/schedule/1/part/13/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-scotland-order-2007/schedule-1/part-13/paragraph-5
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