{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/savings-contracts-regulations-1969/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/savings-contracts-regulations-1969/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1969/1342",
  "legislation_title": "The Savings Contracts Regulations 1969",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/savings-contracts-regulations-1969",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Applications for payment",
  "text": "(1) Application for payment of the amount repayable in respect of a savings contract shall (subject to the provisions of these Regulations relating to payment in the case of special classes of persons) be made by the contributor in writing in a manner approved by the authority.\n(2) A contributor may, subject to the approval of the authority, authorise any person to apply for or receive on his behalf the amount repayable in respect of his savings contract.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1969/1342/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T23:07:46.688172+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."
}