# The Social Security (Claims and Payments Etc.) Amendment Regulations 1996, Regulation 2: Amendment of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987


(1) The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 are amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.
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(3) In regulation 21—
(a) in paragraph (1) the words “to which this regulation applies"; and
(b) paragraph (6),
shall be omitted.
(4) For regulation 29 there is substituted the following regulation—
“ Payments to persons under age 18
29 Where benefit is paid to a person under the age of 18 (whether on his own behalf or on behalf of another) the receipt of that person shall be a sufficient discharge to the Secretary of State.”.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/672/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-claims-and-payments-etc-amendment-regulations-1996/regulation-2
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