45.—(1) Where in pursuance of these Regulations any payment is to be made by or to any person who is a depositor in the National Savings Bank, the Director of Savings may arrange for the payment to be made from or to the account of that person in the National Savings Bank, and, notwithstanding anything contained in the enactments or regulations relating to the National Savings Bank, a depositor may for the purposes of any such arrangement authorise the Director of Savings to withdraw any sum from his account by means of an authority in writing in the approved form.
(2) If, in connection with the subscription for or purchase of any stock, payment of the subscription money or purchase money is effected by a withdrawal under this Regulation from a National Savings Bank account held by any person in trust for another, the Director of Savings may register the stock in the names of the person holding the account and of the person for whom the account is held in trust as joint holders.
(3) Where the Director of Savings is unable for any reason to obtain a valid discharge for any payment falling to be made to any person in respect of any stock, he may, unless other provision for dealing with the payment has been made by any enactment, open an account in the National Savings Bank in the name of the person to whom the payment is due, and may, until payment can be made to the person entitled thereto, retain the amount due in that account:
(a)if the person to whom the payment is due has an account in the National Savings Bank, the Director of Savings may, if he thinks fit, instead of opening a new account, credit the amount payable to the existing account; and
(b)in the case of an account opened by the Director of Savings—
(i)no sum shall be received by way of deposit for the credit of the account except in pursuance of these Regulations; and
(ii)the Regulations requiring a declaration to be made by a depositor in the National Savings Bank shall not apply with respect to any payment into the account by the Director of Savings.
(4) For the purpose of any Order under section 4 of the National Savings Bank Act 1971 (which empowers the Treasury by order to limit the amount of deposits in the National Savings Bank), regard shall not be had to any sum credited to an account under this Regulation.