{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-superannuation-additional-voluntary-contributions-scotland-regulations-1995/regulation-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-superannuation-additional-voluntary-contributions-scotland-regulations-1995/regulation-18.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/2814",
  "legislation_title": "The Teachers' Superannuation (Additional Voluntary Contributions) (Scotland) Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-superannuation-additional-voluntary-contributions-scotland-regulations-1995",
  "path": "regulation/18",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Payments in respect of deceased persons",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies where a person dies and the total of—\n(a) any sums that were due to him or her under these Regulations, and\n(b) any sums payable under these Regulations to his or her personal representatives,\ndoes not exceed the amount specified in any order for the time being in force under section 6(1) of the Administration of Estates (Small Payments) Act 1965 and applying in relation to the death.\n(2) Where this regulation applies the Secretary of State may, without requiring the production of confirmation or other proof or title, pay the total sums referred to in paragraph (1)—\n(a) to the deceased’s legal personal representatives, or\n(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,\nand 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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1965 c. 32; the amount specified in S.I. 1984/539 is £5000."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/2814/regulation/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:59:07.488429+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}