SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 8 Provision of Support: Regulations

Recovery of sums by Secretary of State

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1

The regulations may provide for the recovery by the Secretary of State of sums representing the whole or part of the monetary value of support provided to a person under section 95 where it appears to the Secretary of State—

a

that that person had, at the time when he applied for support, assets of any kind in the United Kingdom or elsewhere which were not capable of being realised; but

b

that those assets have subsequently become, and remain, capable of being realised.

2

An amount recoverable under regulations made by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) may be recovered—

a

as if it were a debt due to the Secretary of State; or

b

by such other method of recovery, including by deduction from support provided under section 95 as may be prescribed.