Benefit due to deceased person

(1) On the death of a person who has made a claim for a benefit, or who is alleged to have been entitled to a benefit the Board may in the absence of a duly appointed legal representative appoint such person as it thinks fit to proceed with or to make a claim for the benefit, and the provisions of these Regulations shall apply subject to the necessary modifications to any such claim. 161 (2) Subject to paragraph (5), any sum payable by way of benefit as a result of an award on a claim under paragraph (1) may in the absence of a duly appointed legal representative, be paid to or distributed amongst persons claiming as legal heirs, personal representatives, legatees, next–of–kin, dependants or creditors of the deceased: Provided that– (i) the receipt of any such person who has attained the age of fourteen shall be a good discharge to the Board and the Fund for any sum so paid; and (ii) where the Board is satisfied that any such sum or part thereof is needed for the benefit of any person under the age of fourteen specified in this paragraph, the Board may obtain a good discharge thereof by paying the sum or part thereof to another person over the age of eighteen (who need not be a person specified in this paragraph) who satisfies the Board that he will apply the sum so paid for the benefit of the person under the age of fourteen. (3) Subject to paragraph (5), any sum due by way of a benefit which a deceased person did not receive before his death, may, unless the right thereto was already extinguished at the date of death, be paid to or distributed amongst such persons as are mentioned in paragraph (2). (4) Paragraphs (2) and (3) shall not apply in any case where written application for the payment of such sum is not made to the Board within six months from the date of the death of the person entitled to the benefit or within such longer period as the Board may allow in any particular case. 162 (5) The Board may dispense with strict proof of the title of any person claiming in accordance with this Regulation.