{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-savings-bank-regulations-1972/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-savings-bank-regulations-1972/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1972/764",
  "legislation_title": "The National Savings Bank Regulations 1972",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-savings-bank-regulations-1972",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Minors under seven years of age",
  "text": "(1) Deposits may be made on behalf and in the name of a minor under the age of seven years.\n(2) A declaration in the approved form shall be made by the person opening the account, who shall state in the declaration such facts relating to the minor as are required to be specified in relation to a depositor by Regulation 4(1) and (2) above.\n(3) After attaining the age of seven years, the minor himself, whenever required to do so, shall specify such facts as aforesaid and make and sign a declaration in the approved form and, if required, furnish the Director of Savings with an additional specimen of his signature.\n(4) Where it is proved to the satisfaction of the Director of Savings that any deposits in the name of a minor under the age of seven years are urgently needed for the maintenance, education, or benefit of the minor, or that in any other circumstances it is expedient so to do, the Director of Savings may, in his discretion, pay the deposits, or any part thereof, to any person whom he shall judge proper to receive the same.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1989/2045",
      "affecting_title": "The National Savings Bank (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1989"
    },
    {
      "type": "word substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2011/2288",
      "affecting_title": "The National Savings Bank (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2011"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2011/2288",
      "affecting_title": "The National Savings Bank (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2011"
    },
    {
      "type": "word substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2011/2288",
      "affecting_title": "The National Savings Bank (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2011"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted for reg. 6(4)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2011/2288",
      "affecting_title": "The National Savings Bank (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2011"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1972/764/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T22:31:14.136555+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."
}