Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Act 2023
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Acceptance of offer of general payment or work-related payment | ||
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32. (1) Where an applicant accepts an offer in accordance with section 31 , the Chief Deciding Officer shall, as soon as practicable, cause the payment concerned to be made to— | ||
(a) subject to paragraph (b) and (c), the applicant, | ||
(b) where section 36 applies to the application, the person who made the application on behalf of the applicant, or | ||
(c) where section 37 or 38 applies to the application, the personal representatives of, as the case may be, the person to whom section 37 applies or the deceased applicant (within the meaning of section 38 ) concerned. | ||
(2) Where a payment is made under subsection (1)(c), the personal representatives concerned shall treat such payment as if it had been paid to the person to whom section 37 applies or deceased applicant, as the case may be, immediately prior to his or her death. | ||
(3) A person who receives a payment under paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (1), or the personal representative of a person in respect of whom a payment is made under paragraph (c) of that subsection, shall not institute civil proceedings, and shall discontinue any other proceedings instituted, by or on behalf of the applicant against a public body, that arise out of the circumstances to which the application concerned related. |