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78.—(1) Subject to regulation 80 (payment on death) and paragraph (2), payment of any housing benefit to which a person is entitled shall be made to that person.
(2) Where a person other than a person who is entitled to a housing benefit made the claim and that first person is a person referred to in regulation 58(2), (3) or (5) (persons appointed to act for a person unable to act), benefit may be paid to that person.
(3) Where payments of housing benefit to which a person is entitled take the form of vouchers in accordance with regulation 77(2) (time and manner of payment of housing benefit in respect of collective community charge contributions), the appropriate authority, where–
(a)that person remains liable for a collective community charge contribution in respect of his residence in premises for which a collective community charge is payable;
(b)his residence in that premises has ceased; and
(c)the authority considers it impracticable to pay the voucher to the person concerned,
may pay the outstanding benefit to the person to whom the relevant contribution is owed in such manner as they may decide.
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