Regulation 18 Payments in respect of deceased persons

(1)

This regulation applies where a person dies and the total of—

(a)

any sums that were due to the person under these Regulations, and

(b)

any sums payable under these Regulations to the person’s personal representatives

does not exceed the amount specified in any order for the time being in force under section 6 of the Administration of Estates (Small Payments) Act 1965^f1 and applying in relation to the death.

(2)

Where this regulation applies the Secretary of State may, without requiring the production of proof of title, pay the amount due under paragraph (1)(a) and (b)—

(a)

to the deceased’s personal representatives, or

(b)

to the person, or to or among any one or more of any persons, appearing to him to be beneficially entitled to the estate

and any person to whom such a payment is made, and not the Secretary of State, shall thereafter be liable to account for any amount so paid.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1965 c. 32; the amount specified in S.I. 1984/539 in £5,000.