2012 No. 1074
The Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance (Administration) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 71(8) of the Social Security Administration Act 19921 and section 69(8) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 19922 and now exercisable by them3, make the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement1
These Regulations may be cited as the Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance (Administration) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 and come into force on 8th May 2012.
The Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance (Administration) Regulations 2003
2
The Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance (Administration) Regulations 20034 are amended as follows.
3
In Part 5 (overpayments and recovery), after regulation 42, insert—
Recovery of overpayments from awards of child benefit and guardian’s allowance42A
1
Where any amount of child benefit or guardian’s allowance is recoverable from a person under—
a
section 71(1) of the Administration Act,
b
section 69(1) of the Administration (NI) Act, or
c
regulation 35(1) or 42(5),
that amount may be recovered by the adjudicating authority from any child benefit or guardian’s allowance payable to that person.
2
For the purposes of paragraph (1), child benefit or guardian’s allowance payable includes any payment of arrears of child benefit or guardian’s allowance other than a payment of arrears required to be made by regulation 21(1) of the Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 20035.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)