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

Extent: N.I.

(1) The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (6).
(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3) In regulation 21 (direct credit transfer)—
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) paragraph (6),
shall be omitted.
(4) For regulation 29 (payment to a person under age 18) there shall be 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 Department.”.
(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/85/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-claims-and-payments-etc-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-2
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