(1) Regulations may provide for -
(a) the time and manner of payment of benefit,
(b) the information and evidence to be given by a claimant or beneficiary -
(i) when applying for payment of benefit, or
(ii) when there has been a change in the circumstances of the claimant or beneficiary which may affect the payment of the benefit concerned,
and,
(c) the payment of specified benefits through a payment service provider.
(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 that benefit, or for changes in the rate of that 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 that benefit, or for changes in the rate of tha
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