Persons unable to act: transfer to personal independence paymentE+W+S
29.—(1) This regulation applies if a transfer claimant is awarded personal independence payment and, on the day that the person's entitlement to disability living allowance terminates in accordance with regulation 13(1) or 17(1)(b), there is a person (“the appointed person”) who, under paragraph (2) of regulation 28, is to be regarded as acting on behalf of the claimant for the purposes set out in that paragraph.
(2) Where this regulation applies then, with effect from the first day on which the transfer claimant is entitled to personal independence payment in accordance with regulation 17(2), the appointed person shall be treated as being a person appointed by the Secretary of State in accordance with regulation 57(1) (persons unable to act) of the Claims and Payments Regulations to exercise rights on behalf of the transfer claimant and receive and deal with any sums payable to the transfer claimant.