The Social Security (Claims and Payments) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002
Regulation 2 of these Regulations amends the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 to –provide for arrangements to be made with a claimant to pay benefit by direct credit transfer into a bank or other account in his name without an application by him, into the account of another specified person or into an account in the joint names of the claimant and another specified person (paragraph (2));provide that disability living allowance continues to be payable at four weekly intervals and other long term benefits be payable at four weekly intervals or weekly in advance (paragraph (3));clarify the time when child benefit, guardian’s allowance, incapacity benefit and severe disablement allowance is paid (paragraphs (4) and (5));provide that payment of benefit by direct credit transfer into the account of a beneficiary under age 18 or a statutory appointee shall be a good discharge to the Department for Social Development (paragraphs (6) to (8));provide that specified social fund payments may be made by direct credit transfer and if an instrument of payment is payable to a third party it may be sent to the beneficiary (paragraph (9)); andspecify days for payment of retirement pension, widow’s benefit and bereavement benefit (paragraph (10)).