78. If it appears to an administering authority that a person is entitled to payment of benefits under the Scheme but is incapacitated (within the meaning of section 1 of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000)(1)—
(a)the authority may pay the benefits or any part of them to a person having the care of the person entitled, or such other person as the authority may determine, to be applied for the benefit of the person entitled; and
(b)in so far as the authority does not pay the benefits in that manner, the authority may apply them in such manner as the authority may determine, for the benefit of the person entitled, or any beneficiaries of the person entitled.