PART 4Financial redress: redress payments

CHAPTER 4Death of applicant

65Nomination of a beneficiary

1

An applicant for a fixed rate payment or an individually assessed payment may, as part of the application or by other notice in writing to the Scottish Ministers, nominate a person (a “nominated beneficiary”) whom the applicant would like to be invited to take over the application in the event that the applicant dies while the application is ongoing.

2

A nomination under subsection (1) remains in force unless—

a

the nomination is withdrawn by the applicant giving notice in writing to the Scottish Ministers, or

b

the person who is nominated dies or, in the case of a person other than an individual, ceases to exist.

3

In this section and in sections 66 to 73, the “application” includes, in relation to an application for a redress payment, a request for a review of the determination of that application.