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Regulation 18 Payments in respect of deceased persons

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

(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 £5,000.

(2)

Where this regulation applies the Department 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 it to be beneficially entitled to the estate and any person to whom such a payment is made, and not the Department, shall thereafter be liable to account for any amount so paid.