78.—(1) Subject to regulation 81 (payment on death) and paragraph (2), any payment of council tax benefit under regulation 77(1)(b) shall be made to that person.
(2) Where a person other than a person who is entitled to council tax benefit made the claim and that first person is a person acting pursuant to an appointment under regulation 61(3) (persons appointed to act for a person unable to act) or is treated as having been so appointed by virtue of regulation 61(5), benefit may be paid to that person.