34.—[F1(1)] [F2Except in a case to which paragraph (2) applies,] the Secretary of State [F3or the Board] may direct that benefit shall be paid, wholly or in part, to [F4another natural person] on the beneficiary's behalf if such a direction as to payment appears to the Secretary of State [F3or the Board] to be necessary for protecting the interests of the beneficiary, or any child or dependant in respect of whom benefit is payable.
[F5(2) The Secretary of State may direct that a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance shall be paid wholly or in part to a natural person who is not the member of the joint-claim couple who is the nominated member for the purposes of section 3B of the Jobseekers Act if such a direction as to payment appears to the Secretary of State to be necessary for protecting the interests of the other member of that couple or, as the case may be, both members of that couple.]
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 34(1): reg. 34 renumbered as reg. 34(1) (19.3.2001) by The Social Security (Joint Claims: Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/1982), regs. 1, 2(8)
F2Words in reg. 34(1) inserted (19.3.2001) by The Social Security (Joint Claims: Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/1982), regs. 1, 2(8)(a)
F3Words in reg. 34 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
F4Words in reg. 34(1) substituted (4.1.1993) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Provisions) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/2595), regs. 1(1)(b), 5
F5Reg. 34(2) added (19.3.2001) by The Social Security (Joint Claims: Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/1982), regs. 1, 2(8)(b)