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70.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), recoverable excess benefit shall be due from the claimant or the person to whom the excess benefit was allowed.
(2) Where recoverable excess benefit is allowed to a claimant who has one or more partners, recovery of the excess may be made by deduction from any council tax benefit allowed to a partner, provided the claimant and that partner were members of the same household both at the time the excess benefit is allowed and when the deduction is made.