45Payment of grants

45 Payment of grants

(1) A grant to a sole applicant or to joint applicants shall be paid at such time as the Secretary determines. (2) A grant to a sole applicant shall be paid to the applicant or, if the applicant so requests in writing and the Secretary approves, to another person nominated by the applicant. (3) Subject to subsections (4) and (5) and to section 46, a grant to joint applicants shall be paid to the joint applicants or, if the joint applicants so request in writing and the Secretary approves, to a person or persons nominated by the joint applicants. (4) Where a joint applicant has died before the payment of a grant, subsection (3) applies in relation to the payment of the grant as if the reference in that subsection to the joint applicants did not include a reference to the deceased joint applicant. (5) Where, for any reason, the Secretary considers that it is not practicable to pay a grant to all the joint applicants in respect of an application, he may pay the grant to such of those joint applicants as he considers appropriate. (6) A grant paid in accordance with a request under subsection (2) to a person other than the sole applicant, or paid under subsection (3) or (5), or under subsection 46(1), otherwise than to all the joint applicants in respect of an application shall, for the purpose of this Act, be deemed to have been paid to the sole applicant, or to all the joint applicants (other than to a joint applicant who is a non‑signing applicant referred to in subsection 46(1) and in respect of whom the Secretary has not directed payment of an amount under subsection 46(2)), as the case may be. (7) A grant under this Act shall not be paid to a person who is an undischarged bankrupt, and where a joint applicant is an undischarged bankrupt, subsection (3) applies in relation to the payment of the grant as if the reference in that subsection to the joint applicants did not include a reference to the bankrupt joint applicant.