Part 4PAYMENT OF STATUTORY NEONATAL CARE PAY
Persons unable to act
regulation 32 32.—(1) This regulation applies where—
regulation 32 1 a (a)statutory neonatal care pay is payable to a person or it is alleged that statutory neonatal care pay is payable to a person,
regulation 32 1 b (b)that person is unable for the time being to act,
regulation 32 1 c (c)no deputy has been appointed by the Court of Protection with power to receive statutory neonatal care pay on their behalf or, in Scotland, their estate is not being administered by a guardian acting or appointed under the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000(1), and
regulation 32 1 d (d)a written application has been made to the Commissioners by a person, who, if a natural person, is over the age of 18, to exercise any right or deal with any sums payable under Part 12ZE of the 1992 Act, on behalf of the person unable to act.
(2) Where this regulation applies the Commissioners may appoint the person referred to in paragraph (1)(d)—
regulation 32 2 a (a)to exercise, on behalf of the person unable to act, any right to which the person unable to act may be entitled under Part 12ZE of the 1992 Act, and
regulation 32 2 b (b)to deal, on behalf of the person unable to act, with any sums payable to the person unable to act under Part 12ZE of the 1992 Act.
(3) Where the Commissioners have made an appointment under paragraph (2)—
regulation 32 3 a (a)they may at any time revoke it,
regulation 32 3 b (b)the person appointed may resign their office after having given one month’s notice in writing to the Commissioners of that person’s intention to do so, and
regulation 32 3 c (c)the appointment ends when the Commissioners are notified that a deputy or other person to whom paragraph (1)(c) refers has been appointed.
(4) Anything required by Part 12ZE of the 1992 Act to be done by or to the person who is unable to act may be done by or to the person appointed under this regulation to act on behalf of the person unable to act and the receipt of the person so appointed of any sum paid under that Part is a good discharge to the employer of the person unable to act for any such sum paid.