# The Trustee Savings Banks Regulations 1972, Regulation 17: Law applicable on death of depositor


(1) In the event of the death of a depositor, any payment under these Regulations made in accordance with the law of the place in which the depositor resided at the date of his death shall be a good discharge to the trustees for the sum so paid unless express notice in writing that the depositor was domiciled elsewhere shall have been received by the trustees prior to such payment, and for the purposes of this Regulation the trustees may accept as conclusive proof of the place of residence of a depositor at the date of his death such statement or information as they may in their absolute discretion think fit.
(2) In this Regulation the expression “depositor” includes any person beneficially interested at any time in the personal estate of a deceased depositor or who, in certain circumstances, would be or would have been beneficially interested at any time in the personal estate of a deceased depositor.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1972/583/regulation/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/trustee-savings-banks-regulations-1972/regulation-17
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