Regulation 37 Minors and persons under disabilityI1

Subject to paragraph (2), where a holder of stock is a minor under the age of sixteen years, or a person who lacks capacity for whom no deputy has been appointed, the Director of Savings may, upon it being shown that it is expedient to do so, sell, or pay the amount repayable in relation to, the stock (or any part of it) and pay the amount to a person who the Director of Savings is satisfied will apply for it for the maintenance or otherwise for the benefit of the holder.

Paragraph (1) does not apply if—

in which case the Director of Savings may sell, or pay the amount repayable in relation to, the stock (or any part of it) and pay the amount to a person who appears to the Director of Savings to be responsible for the minor.

If one of two or more joint holders of stock who have made an arrangement for the payment of dividends becomes a person who lacks capacity or otherwise subject to legal disability, the arrangement shall not be rendered void.

Where a person, being one of two or more joint holders of stock, has become a person who lacks capacity, or otherwise subject to legal disability, the Director of Savings may, upon receiving their application in the approved form, treat the remaining joint holder or holders as entitled to receive dividends payable in relation to that stock.

Where the conditions in paragraph (6) are satisfied in relation to a holder of National Savings Income Bonds, paragraphs (1) and (2) apply as if the reference to “sixteen years” were a reference to “seven years”.

The conditions are that—