# The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987, Regulation 34: Payment to another person on the beneficiary's behalf

Extent: E+W+S

(1) Except in a case to which paragraph (2) applies, the Secretary of State or the Board may direct that benefit shall be paid, wholly or in part, to another natural person on the beneficiary's behalf if such a direction as to payment appears to the Secretary of State or the Board to be necessary for protecting the interests of the beneficiary, or any child or dependant in respect of whom benefit is payable.
(2) The Secretary of State may direct that a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance shall be paid wholly or in part to a natural person who is not the member of the joint-claim couple who is the nominated member for the purposes of section 3B of the Jobseekers Act if such a direction as to payment appears to the Secretary of State to be necessary for protecting the interests of the other member of that couple or, as the case may be, both members of that couple.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1968/regulation/34 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-claims-and-payments-regulations-1987/regulation-34
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