Applicants under 18  48. —(1) An application may be made on behalf of a child by the child’s parents or a person  having legal responsibility for the child.  (2) Subject to paragraph (3), where a child is entitled to victims’ payments, any payment is to be  made to the child’s parents or a person having legal responsibility for the child.  (3) Where paragraph (4) applies the Board may, in writing, appoint a person to—  (4) This paragraph applies if the Board considers that it is in the interests of the child that a  person other than the parent or person having legal responsibility for the child should receive  payments on behalf of the child.  (5) Where a person appointed under paragraph (3) is a natural person, the person must be over  the age of 18.  (6) The Board may, before appointing a person under paragraph (3), require that person to give  such undertaking as the Board considers necessary as to the use of payments.  (7) Where the Board has made an appointment under paragraph (3)—  (8) In this regulation, a “child” means a person under the age of 18.  49. —(1) Where a health care professional, after carrying out an assessment of a person, is  satisfied—  (2) In this regulation—  (3) Until section 128 of the Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (duty to notify the  Public Guardian) is in force for all purposes, this regulation has effect as if for paragraphs (1) and  (2) there were substituted—  “(1) Where a health care professional, after carrying out an assessment of a person, is  satisfied—  ( a ) 2016 c. 18; section 113 is not yet in force. 27 (a) receive payments on behalf of the child, and  (b) apply the payments for the benefit of the child.  (a) the Board may at any time revoke it and either—  (i) make another appointment under paragraph (3), or  (ii) pay the child’s payments to the parent or the person having legal responsibility for  the child, and  (b) the person appointed may resign after having given one month’s notice in writing to the  Board of the intention to do so.  Duty to notify the Public Guardian  (a) that the person lacks capacity in relation to a matter or matters relating to that person’s  care, treatment, personal welfare or property and affairs;  (b) that any of the powers of the court under section 113 of the Mental Capacity Act  (Northern Ireland) 2016( a ) ought to be exercised with respect of a relevant matter, and  (c) that arrangements in that behalf under section 113 of that Act have not been made and are  not being made;  it is the duty of the health care professional to notify the Public Guardian of the situation.  “lacks capacity” has the meaning given by section 3 of the Mental Capacity Act (Northern  Ireland) 2016;  “Public Guardian” has the meaning given by section 125 of that Act (the Public Guardian).  (a) that the person by reason of mental disorder, of managing and administering their  property and affairs; 