PART 7Consequential amendments and revocations

Amendment of the Housing Benefit RegulationsI1I232

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The Housing Benefit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 200636 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

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In regulation 10237 (recovery of overpayments from prescribed benefits)—

a

in paragraph (1) after sub-paragraph (f) add—

g

personal independence payment;

h

universal credit.

b

in paragraph (2A)—

i

omit “and” after sub-paragraph (c), and

ii

after sub-paragraph (d) add—

e

personal independence payment;

f

universal credit.

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After regulation 103 (prescribed benefits) insert—

Recovery by deduction from earnings103A

1

Any overpayment which is recoverable by virtue of regulation 97 may be recovered by a relevant authority by deduction from the earnings of the person from whom it is recoverable.

2

Part 6 of the Social Security (Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 applies in relation to the recovery of overpayments by deduction from the earnings of a person specified in paragraph (1) by a relevant authority as it applies to the recovery of recoverable amounts by deduction from the earnings of persons under that Part by an appropriate authority.