# The Tax Credits (Claims and Notifications) Regulations 2002, Regulation 36: Circumstances where one person may act for another in response to a notice under section 17 of the Act


(1) In the circumstances prescribed by paragraph (2) any person mentioned in sub-paragraph (b) of that paragraph may act for the person mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) of that paragraph in response to a notice under section 17 of the Act.
(2) The circumstances prescribed by this paragraph are where—
(a) a person is unable for the time being to act in response to a notice under section 17 of the Act; and
(b) in relation to that person, there is a person appointed under—
(i) regulation 33(1) of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987;
(ii) regulation 33(1) of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987; or
(iii) regulation 18(3).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2014/regulation/36 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/tax-credits-claims-and-notifications-regulations-2002/regulation-36
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