F4Except as provided for in regulation 34A and Schedule 9A, deductions may be made from benefit and direct payments may be made to third parties on behalf of a beneficiary in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 9 F5and Schedule 9B.

Where a social fund payment for maternity or funeral expenses F2or expenses for heating which appear to the Secretary of State to have been or to be likely to be incurred in cold weather is made, wholly or in part, in respect of a debt which is, or will be, due to a third person, the F6payment may be, and in the case of funeral expenses shall be, made to that person and where an instrument of payment is made payable to that person it may be sent to the beneficiary.