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2. After article 65 of the principal Order there shall be inserted the following article—
65A.—(1) The Secretary of State may direct in relation to any particular case or class of case that a pension shall be paid by way of automated or other direct credit transfer into a bank or other account—
(a)in the name of the person entitled to the pension or a person acting on his behalf, or
(b)in the joint names of the person entitled to the pension and his spouse, or the person entitled to the pension and a person acting on his behalf.
(2) Pension paid in accordance with paragraph (1) shall be paid—
(a)for periods of 4 weeks, or for such other periods as the Secretary of State may in any particular case or class of case determine;
(b)within 7 days of the last day of each successive period determined in accordance with (a) above; and
(c)in advance, or in arrears, or partly in advance and partly in arrears, as the Secretary of State may in any particular case or class of case determine.
(3) Where pension is payable in accordance with this article the Secretary of State may make a particular payment by credit transfer otherwise than as provided in paragraph (2) if it appears to him to be appropriate to do so for the purpose of—
(a)paying any arrears of pension, or
(b)making a payment of pension at the termination of an award.
(4) Payment of pension in accordance with this article may be terminated by the Secretary of State if the arrangement seems to him to be no longer appropriate to the particular case or class of case.”.
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