(1) Regulations may provide for -
(a) the time and manner of payment of benefit,
(b) the information and evidence to be furnished by a claimant or beneficiary when applying for payment of benefit, and
(c) in consultation with An Post, the payment of specified benefits through An Post.
(2) Regulations made under this section as to the time of payment of benefit may provide -
(a) notwithstanding anything contained in this Act -
(i) in the case of specified benefits (other than child benefit), for adjusting the commencement and termination of such benefit, or for changes in the rate of such benefit, so that payments shall not be made in respect of periods less than a week or at different rates for different parts of a week,
(ii) in the case of child benefit, for adjusting the commencement and termination of such benefit, or for changes in the rate of such benefit, so that payments shall not be made at different rates for different parts of a month,
(b) for extinguishing the right to