Social Security Act 1986

50 In section 132 of the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 (recoupment of benefit)—

(a) in subsection (2)(a) and (c), for the words "supplementary benefit" there shall be substituted the words "income support ";

(b) in subsection (3)—

(i) in paragraphs (a) and (f), for the words " supplementary benefit" there shall be substituted the words "income support "; and

(ii) in paragraph (e), for the words from "who" to the end of the paragraph there shall be substituted the words "a right of appeal to a social security appeal tribunal against any decision of an adjudication officer as to the total or partial recoupment of income support in pursuance of the regulations ; "; and

(c) in subsection (4), for the words from " supplementary benefit ", in the first place where those words occur, to the end there shall be substituted the words "income support, no sum shall be recoverable under the Social Security Act 1986, and no abatement, payment or reduction shall be made by reference to the income support recouped.".