{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/helptosave-accounts-regulations-2018/regulation-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/helptosave-accounts-regulations-2018/regulation-9.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2018/87",
  "legislation_title": "The Help–to–Save Accounts Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/helptosave-accounts-regulations-2018",
  "path": "regulation/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Circumstances where eligible person unable to act—receivers etc.",
  "text": "(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—\n(a) making a declaration under regulation 8(2)(b);\n(b) opening a Help-to-Save account;\n(c) managing a Help-to-Save account.\n(2) The circumstances specified in this paragraph are where—\n(a) a person is an eligible person but is unable for the time being to open and manage a Help-to-Save account; and\n(b) there are any of the following—\n(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;\n(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\n(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.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 9 in force at 25.1.2018, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/87/regulation/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:03:04.231333+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."
}