Person unable to act

(1) In the case of any person, to whom benefit is payable or who may be entitled to benefit or by whom or on whose behalf a claim to benefit has been made, being a child or being otherwise unable to act at that time and having no person or authority duly appointed under the law to act for him the Board may, upon written application being made to it, appoint a person to exercise on behalf of the child or person who is unable to act any right to which that child or person may be entitled under the Act and to receive and deal with any sums payable on behalf of such child or person: act. Provided that160 (a) any such appointment by the Board shall terminate on the date immediately prior to the date on which the Board is notified that a person or authority has been duly appointed under the law to act for such child or person; (b) a person who has not attained the age of eighteen shall not be capable of being appointed to act under this Regulation; (c) the Board may at any time in its absolute discretion revoke the appointment made under this Regulation; and (d) any person appointed under this Regulation may resign his office on giving the Board one month’s notice in writing of his intention to do so. (2) Anything required by these Regulations to be done by or to any such person as aforesaid, who is a child or is otherwise for the time being unable to act, may be done by or to any person or authority duly appointed under the law to have charge of such person or of his estate or by or to the person appointed under this Regulation to act on behalf of such person, and the receipt of any person appointed under this Regulation shall be a good discharge to the Board and the Fund for any sum paid provided that such person has attained the age of eighteen.