# The Trustee Savings Banks Regulations 1972, Regulation 9: Transfer from account of a deceased depositor or a mentally disordered person


(1) Any person who has attained the age of 16 years and to whom any sum due (otherwise than as a current account deposit) to a depositor at the time of his death, or to a depositor who has become a mentally disordered person, may be paid under and in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations, may, subject to the provisions of these Regulations as to death duties, instead of withdrawing such sum, apply to the trustees in writing for the transfer of such sum into his own name or the name of any other person specified in such application.
(2) The provisions of Regulation 8 above shall apply to the transfer of sums under this Regulation so far as those provisions are applicable.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1972/583/regulation/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/trustee-savings-banks-regulations-1972/regulation-9
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