Payment under grant of representation
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(1) In the event of the death of the holder of a certificate, the production of probate or letters of administration granted, or having effect as if granted, in respect of personal estate including the certificate, by a court in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands, or of a certified copy thereof, shall, subject to the provisions of these Regulations, be sufficient authority to the Director of Savings to pay the amount repayable in respect of the certificate to the person to whom the grant was made or as directed by that person.
(2) Where any sum repayable in respect of a certificate is paid in purported pursuance of this regulation, the payment shall, notwithstanding the invalidity of, or any defect in, the probate or letters of administration, be deemed for the purposes of these Regulations to have been duly made.