The Welfare Supplementary Payment (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017

1.—(1) When acting under regulation 11, the Department must prepare a notice requiring an employer of the person from whom the outstanding amount is recoverable (“the liable person”)—

(a) to make deductions from earnings which are payable to the liable person, and

(b) to pay corresponding amounts to the Department for application towards the discharge of the outstanding amount.

(2) Having prepared a notice under this paragraph, the Department must give the notice to—

(a) the liable person, and

(b) the employer to whom the notice is directed.

(3) The notice must specify—

(a) the full name and address of the liable person,

(b) the name of the employer,

(c) where known, the liable person’s place of work, the nature of that person’s work and any staff number, payroll number or similar identifying number,

(d) the liable person’s national insurance number,

(e) the deduction or rate of deduction to be made under paragraph 3,

(f) the protected earnings proportion,

(g) the address to which amounts paid by cheque are to be sent, and

(h) details of the account to which amounts paid by direct credit transfer are to be transferred.

(4) The notice has effect from the next pay-day which falls a minimum of 22 days after the day on which it is given.