{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-additional-voluntary-contributions-regulations-2000/regulation-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-additional-voluntary-contributions-regulations-2000/regulation-17.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/619",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service Pension Scheme (Additional Voluntary Contributions) Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-additional-voluntary-contributions-regulations-2000",
  "path": "regulation/17",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Payments in respect of deceased persons",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies where a person dies and the total of—\n(a) any sums that were due to him under these Regulations; and\n(b) any sums payable under these Regulations to his personal representatives,\ndoes not exceed the amount specified in any order for the time being in force for the purposes of section 1 of the Administration of Estates (Small Payments) Act 1965 and which applies in relation to the death.\n(2) Where this regulation applies the Secretary of State may, without requiring the production of proof of title, pay any amount due under either, or, as the case may be, both of sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of paragraph (1)—\n(a) to the deceased’s personal representatives; or\n(b) to the person, or to or among any one or more of any persons, appearing to him to be beneficially entitled to the estate,\nand any person to whom such a payment is made, and not the Secretary of State, shall thereafter be liable to account for any amount so paid.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 17 in force at 10.4.2000, see reg. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1965 c. 32. The amount specified in S.I. 1984/539 is £5,000."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/619/regulation/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:19:09.912629+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."
}