Person unable to act

(1) In the case of any person, to whom a pension is payable or by whom or on whose behalf a claim to pension has been made, being 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 person who is unable to act any right to which that person may be entitled under these Regulations and to receive and deal with any sums payable on behalf of such person: Provided that– (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 (b) a person who has not attained the age of eighteen years 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 for the time being Social Security 205 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 years.