105. In section 5 of the Administration Act (regulations about claims and payments), after subsection (2A) insert—
“(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.”
Commencement Information
I1Art. 105 in operation at 2.5.2016 by S.R. 2016/215, art. 2(6)(a)