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Social Security Administration Act 1992

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106Recovery of expenditure on benefit from person liable for maintenanceU.K.

(1)Subject to the following provisions of this section, if income support [F1or universal credit] is claimed by or in respect of a person whom another person is liable to maintain or paid to or in respect of such a person, the Secretary of State may make [F2an application] against the liable person to [F3the family court] for an order under this section.

(2)On the hearing of [F2an application] under this section the court shall have regard to all the circumstances and, in particular, to the income of the liable person, and may order him to pay such sum, weekly or otherwise, as it may consider appropriate, except that in a case falling within section 78(6)(c) above that sum shall not include any amount which is not attributable to income support [F1or universal credit] (whether paid before or after the making of the order).

(3)In determining whether to order any payments to be made in respect of income support [F1or universal credit] for any period before the [F4application] was made, or the amount of any such payments, the court shall disregard any amount by which the liable person's income exceeds the income which was his during that period.

(4)Any payments ordered to be made under this section shall be made—

(a)to the Secretary of State in so far as they are attributable to any income support [F5or universal credit] (whether paid before or after the making of the order);

(b)to the person claiming income support [F5or universal credit] or (if different) the dependant; or

(c)to such other person as appears to the court expedient in the interests of the dependant.

F6(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(6)In the application of this section to Scotland, [F7for the references to the family court there shall be substituted references to the sheriff.]

F8(7). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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F1Words in s. 106(1)(2)(3) inserted (29.4.2013) by Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5), s. 150(3), Sch. 2 para. 11; S.I. 2013/983, art. 3(1)(b)(ii)

F2Words in s. 106(1)(2) substituted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 11 para. 128(1)(a) (with Sch. 11 para. 128(2)); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(e) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)

F3Words in s. 106(1) substituted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 11 para. 128(1)(b) (with Sch. 11 para. 128(2)); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(e) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)

F4Word in s. 106(3) substituted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 11 para. 128(1)(c) (with Sch. 11 para. 128(2)); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(e) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)

F6S. 106(5) omitted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 11 para. 128(1)(d) (with Sch. 11 para. 128(2)); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(e) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)

F7Words in s. 106(6) substituted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 11 para. 128(1)(e) (with Sch. 11 para. 128(2)); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(e) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)

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