Explanatory Notes

Immigration and Asylum Act 1999

1999 CHAPTER 33

11 November 1999

Commentary on Sections

Schedule 9

Section 114: Overpayments

335.This section provides for the recovery by the Secretary of State of the monetary value of any benefits provided under sections 95 or 98 as a result of an error on the part of the Secretary of State. The value may be recovered as if it were a debt due to the Secretary of State; in addition, subsection (4) provides that regulations may be made providing for other methods of recovery, including by deductions from future support payments.