The National Health Service Pension Scheme (Scotland) (Additional Voluntary Contributions) Regulations 2018

Payments in respect of deceased persons

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17.—(1) This regulation applies where a person dies and the total of—

(a)any sums that were due to that person under these Regulations; and

(b)any sums payable under these Regulations to the personal representatives of that person,

does not exceed the amount specified in any order for the time being in force for the purposes of section 1 of the Administration of Estates (Small Payments) Act 1965(1) and applying in relation to the death.

(2) Where this regulation applies the Scottish Ministers may, without requiring the production of proof of title, pay any 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 persons, appearing to them to be beneficially entitled to the estate.

(3) Any person to whom such a payment is made, and not the Scottish Ministers, is thereafter liable to account for any amount so paid.