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Motor Accidents (Compensation) Act 1979
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35 Payments to minors
(1) Where under this Act a payment is required to be made to a person
who has not attained the age of majority or is under some other
legal disability, that payment may be made on behalf of that person
to the Public Trustee or to the guardian or other person who, from
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time to time, has the responsibility for the immediate care and
welfare of that person.
(2) A payment made in pursuance of subsection (1) is a full discharge
of the Commission's obligations in respect of that payment and it is
not bound to see to the application of the money so paid.