Version Superseded: 25/09/2017
Point in time view as at 05/06/2016. This version of this provision has been superseded.
Tax Credits Act 2002, Section 29 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 03 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(1)Where an amount is liable to be repaid by a person or persons under section 28, the Board must give him, or each of them, a notice specifying the amount.
(2)The notice must state which of subsections (3) to (5) is to apply in relation to the amount or any specified part of the amount; and a notice may at any time be replaced by another notice containing a different statement.
(3)Where a notice states that this subsection applies in relation to an amount (or part of an amount), it is to be treated for the purposes of Part 6 of the Taxes Management Act 1970 (c. 9) (collection and recovery) as if it were tax charged in an assessment and due and payable by the person or persons to whom the notice was given at the end of the period of thirty days beginning with the day on which the notice is given.
(4)Where a notice states that this subsection applies in relation to an amount (or part of an amount), it may, subject to provision made by regulations, be recovered by deduction from payments of any tax credit under an award made for any period to the person, or either or both of the persons, to whom the notice was given.
(5)Where a notice states that this subsection applies in relation to an amount (or part of an amount), [F1PAYE regulations] apply to it as if it were an underpayment of [F2income tax] for a previous year of assessment by the person or persons to whom the notice was given[F3that is not a relevant debt (within the meaning of section 684 of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003)].
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 29(5) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 723(1) of the repealing Act) by Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1), s. 722, Sch. 6 para. 266 (with Sch. 7)
F2Words in s. 29(5) substituted (21.7.2009) by Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), Sch. 58 para. 8(a)
F3Words in s. 29(5) inserted (21.7.2009) by Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), Sch. 58 para. 8(b)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 29 modified (E.W.S.) (29.4.2013) by The Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/386), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 10
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