2B

The power in subsection (1)(j) to make provision for the person to whom a benefit is to be paid includes, in the case of a benefit awarded to persons jointly, power to make provision for the Department to determine to which of them all or any part of a payment should be made, and in particular for the Department—

a

to determine that payment should be made to whichever of those persons they themselves nominate, or

b

to determine that payment should be made to one of them irrespective of any nomination by them.