(1) Where, in accordance with a decision under the Principal Act or regulations made under that Act, benefit, including a medical care payment, is payable to a claimant or beneficiary or to any other person authorised to receive payment of the said benefit under the said Act or regulations (in this article referred to as the "authorised person"), that benefit shall be paid -

(a) as soon as practicable after such decision is made, and

(b) in the manner provided for in this article.

(2) For the purposes of sub-article (1), benefit, including a medical care payment, shall be paid -

(a) subject to paragraph (b), by means of any one of the following methods as may be determined by the Minister in relation to any particular case or class of case:

(i) by cash payable at a post office designated by the claimant, beneficiary or authorised person, as the case may be, or where the Minister considers it appropriate, at a post office designated by the Minister;

(ii) by cheque;

(iii) by electronic funds transfer to an account nominated by the claimant, beneficiary or authorised person, as the case may be, and which is of a type determined by the Minister to be appropriate,

or