The Social Security (Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations 2013

Recoverable amounts U.K.

3.—(1) In these Regulations, “ recoverable amount” means—

(a) subject to regulations 7 to 9, the amount of any overpayment; and

(b) any other amount recoverable under any provision of the Act specified in paragraph (2).

(2) Those provisions are M1 —

(a) section 71ZE(3) (costs of court action etc.);

(b) section 71ZG (recovery of payments on account);

(c) section 71ZH (recovery of hardship payments);

(d) section 115B(4)(recovery of penalties imposed as an alternative to prosecution);

(e) section 115C(4) (recovery of civil penalties for incorrect statements); and

(f) section 115D(4) (recovery of civil penalties for failure to disclose information).

Marginal Citations

M1 Sections 71ZE, 71ZG and 71ZH are inserted by section 105 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012. Sections 115C and 115D are inserted by section 116 of that Act.