Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997

31 Financial arrangements.E+W+S

(1)There are to be paid out of the National Insurance Fund any expenses of the Secretary of State in making payments under section 14 or 20 to the extent that he estimates that those payments relate to sums paid out of that Fund.

(2)There are to be paid out of money provided by Parliament—

(a)any expenses of the Secretary of State in making payments under section 14 or 20 to the extent that he estimates that those payments relate to sums paid out of the Consolidated Fund, and

(b)(subject to subsection (1)) any other expenses of the Secretary of State incurred in consequence of this Act.

(3)Any sums paid to the Secretary of State under section 6 or 14 are to be paid—

(a)into the Consolidated Fund, to the extent that the Secretary of State estimates that the sums relate to payments out of money provided by Parliament, and

(b)into the National Insurance Fund, to the extent that he estimates that they relate to payments out of that Fund.

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