Regulation 23 Child benefit and guardian’s allowanceF5

Subject to the provisions of this regulation F1..., child benefit shall be payable as follows:–

Subject to paragraph (3) and regulation 21, child benefit payable weekly or four-weekly shall be payable on Mondays or Tuesdays (as the Secretary of State may in any case determine) F2by means of serial orders or on presentation of an instrument for benefit payment.

In such cases as the Secretary of State may determine, child benefit shall be payable otherwise than–

and where child benefit is paid at four-weekly intervals in accordance with paragraph (1)(b) the Secretary of State shall arrange for it to be paid weekly if satisfied that payment at intervals of four weeks is causing hardship.

Where a claimant for child benefit is also entitled to guardian’s allowance, that allowance shall be payable in the same manner and at the same intervals as the claimant’s child benefit under this regulation.

The Secretary of State shall take steps to notify persons to whom child benefit is payable of the arrangements he has made for payment so far as those arrangements affect such persons.