F1Part 3Accounts and funds
Authority to transfer funds
26GAuthority to transfer specified sums
1
A person mentioned in subsection (2) may apply to the Public Guardian for a certificate authorising the transfer of a specified sum from a specified account (“the original account”) in an adult's sole name to—
a
the designated account;
b
the adult's current account;
c
the adult's second account; or
d
such other account as may be specified.
2
Those persons are—
a
a withdrawer;
b
a person who has applied for a withdrawal certificate under section 25;
3
An application under subsection (1) may also seek authority—
a
to close the original account;
b
to terminate an arrangement for the payment of funds from the original account to another account (for example: a standing order or direct debit).
4
Where the Public Guardian grants an application under subsection (1), the Public Guardian must—
a
enter prescribed particulars in the register maintained by the Public Guardian under section 6(2)(b)(iii); and
b
issue the certificate to the applicant.
5
In this section, “specified” means specified in the application under subsection (1) or, as the case may be, in the certificate granted under subsection (4).
Pt. 3 substituted (1.4.2008) by Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 10), ss. 58, 79(3); S.S.I. 2008/49, art. 2(1) (with arts. 34)