Regulation 2 Amendment of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987

for paragraph (1) there shall be substituted—

“(1)

Subject to the provisions of this regulation, benefit may, by an arrangement between the Secretary of State and the person claiming or entitled to it, be paid by way of direct credit transfer into a bank or other account—

(a)

in the name of the person entitled to benefit, or his spouse or partner, or a person acting on his behalf, or

(b)

in the joint names of the person entitled to benefit and his spouse or partner, or the person entitled to benefit and a person acting on his behalf.”;

paragraph (2) shall be omitted;

in paragraph (3), “as may be provided in the application” shall be omitted; and

in paragraphs (3B) and (3C) for “any application to which paragraph (2) refers” there shall be substituted “an arrangement under that paragraph”.