21.—[F1(1) The Secretary of State may arrange for benefit to be paid by way of direct credit transfer into a bank or other account nominated by the person entitled to benefit or a person acting on their behalf.]
F2(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3) [F3Subject to paragraph (3A)] benefit shall be paid in accordance with paragraph (1) within seven days of the last day of each successive period of entitlement F4... [F5or, so far as concerns working families' tax credit or disabled person’s tax credit, within such time as the Board may direct].
[F6(3A) Income Support shall be paid in accordance with paragraph (1) within 7 days of the time determined for the payment of income support in accordance with Schedule 7.]
[F7(3B) Where child benefit is payable in accordance with paragraph (1), [F8an arrangement under that paragraph] shall also have effect for any guardian’s allowance to which the claimant is entitled and that allowance shall be paid in the same manner as the child benefit which is due in his case.
(3C) Where guardian’s allowance is payable in accordance with paragraph (1), [F8an arrangement under that paragraph] shall also have effect for the child benefit to which the claimant is entitled and that child benefit shall be paid in the same manner as the guardian’s allowance which is due in his case.]
(4) In respect of benefit which is the subject of an arrangement for payment under this regulation, the Secretary of State [F9or the Board] may make a particular payment by credit transfer otherwise than is provided by paragraph (3) [F10or (3A)] if it appears to him [F11or them] appropriate to do so for the purpose of–
(a)paying any arrears of benefit, or
(b)making a payment in respect of a terminal period of an award or for any similar purpose.
F12(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F13(5A) In relation to payment of a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance, references in this regulation to the person entitled to benefit shall be construed as references to the member of the joint-claim couple who is the nominated member for the purposes of section 3B of the Jobseekers Act.]
F14[F15(6)] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 21(1) substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Universal Credit and Miscellaneous Amendments (No.2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2888), regs. 1(1), 5(2)
F2Reg. 21(2) omitted (8.4.2003) by virtue of The Social Security (Claims and Payments and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/2441), regs. 1(1)(c), 2(b) (with reg. 15)
F3Words in reg. 21(3) inserted (12.5.1993) by The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/1113), regs. 1(1), 2(a)
F4Words in reg. 21(3) omitted (8.4.2003) by virtue of The Social Security (Claims and Payments and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/2441), regs. 1(1)(c), 2(c) (with reg. 15)
F5Words in reg. 21(3) added (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Tax Credits (Claims and Payments) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/2572), regs. 1(1), 11
F6Reg. 21(3A) inserted (12.5.1993) by The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/1113), regs. 1(1), 2(b)
F7Reg. 21(3B)(3C) inserted (20.9.1999) by The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Amendment Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/2358), regs. 1, 2(4)
F8Words in reg. 21(3B)(3C) substituted (8.4.2003) by The Social Security (Claims and Payments and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/2441), regs. 1(1)(c), 2(d) (with reg. 15)
F9Words in reg. 21(4)(5) inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Tax Credits (Claims and Payments) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/2572), regs. 1(1), 20, Sch. Pt. I
F10Words in reg. 21(4) inserted (12.5.1993) by The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/1113), regs. 1(1), 2(c)
F11Words in reg. 21(4)(5) inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Tax Credits (Claims and Payments) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/2572), regs. 1(1), 23, Sch. Pt. IV
F12Reg. 21(5) omitted (1.4.2012) by virtue of The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/757), regs. 1(4), 15(2)(b)
F13Reg. 21(5A) inserted (19.3.2001) by The Social Security (Joint Claims: Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/1982), regs. 1, 2(6)
F14Reg. 21(6) omitted (4.4.1996) by virtue of The Social Security (Claims and Payments Etc.) Amendment Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/672), regs. 1, 2(3)(b)
F15Reg. 21(6) added (9.3.1992) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Provisions) Amendment Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/247), regs. 1(1), 15(3)