Paragraph 98 Payments for minors and persons incapable of managing their affairsI1
Northern Ireland
(1)
Any sum payable to a minor in respect of an award may, if the Board thinks fit, be paid to such other person as it may determine, who shall, in accordance with any directions given by the Board, apply it for the minor’s benefit.
(2)
If it appears to the Board that a person entitled to payment of an award is, by reason of mental disorder or otherwise, incapable of managing his affairs—
(a)
it may pay the award or any part of it to a person having the care of the person entitled, or such other person as it may determine; and
(b)
insofar as it does not pay the award in that manner, it may apply it in such manner as it thinks fit for the benefit of the person entitled or his dependants.