75.—(1) Subject to regulations 76 to 78 (payment to landlords, payment on death) and the following provisions of this regulation, payment of any rent allowance 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 rent allowance made the claim and that first person is a person referred to in regulation 63(2), (3) or (5) (persons appointed to act for a person unable to act), payment may be made to that person.
(3) A person entitled to a rent allowance, although able to act on his own behalf, may request in writing that the appropriate authority make payments to a person, who if a natural person must be aged 18 or more, nominated by him, and the authority may make payments to that person.