# The National Savings (No. 2) Regulations 2015, Regulation 33: Joint holders of stock

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) An application in relation to stock registered in the names of two or more persons as joint holders must be made by all those persons or by the survivors.
(2) Where stock is registered in the names of two or more persons as joint holders, the Director of Savings may, unless other arrangements have been made in accordance with these Regulations, pay dividends and issue certificates, subscription books, records or correspondence relating to that stock to the holder whose name appears first in the register.
(3) A receipt given for a dividend by one of two or more joint holders of stock shall, unless notice in writing to the contrary has been received by the Director of Savings from another joint holder, be a full discharge to the Treasury and to the Director of Savings for payment of that dividend.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/624/regulation/33 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-savings-no-2-regulations-2015/regulation-33
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