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7E.—(1) In this paragraph—
“self-assessment debt” means any debt which—
has arisen from submission of a self-assessment to Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs under section 9 of the Taxes Management Act 1970 (returns to include self-assessment); and
is recoverable under Part 6 of that Act;
“tax credits overpayment debt” means any debt which is recoverable under section 29 of the Tax Credits Act 2002 (recovery of overpayments).
(2) Where the conditions set out in sub-paragraph (3) are met, the Secretary of State may deduct from a specified benefit to which the beneficiary is entitled a sum which is up to a maximum of 3 times 5 per cent of the personal allowance for a single claimant aged not less than 25 and pay that sum to Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs towards discharge of any outstanding tax credits overpayment debt or self-assessment debt owed by the beneficiary to Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs.
(3) The conditions mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) are—
(a)that the beneficiary has given written consent to Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs for deductions to be made from a specified benefit towards discharge of any outstanding tax credits overpayment debt or self-assessment debt owed by the beneficiary to Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs; and
(b)no sum is being deducted under this paragraph.
(4) The Secretary of State shall cease making deductions from a specified benefit under this paragraph if—
(a)there is no longer sufficient entitlement to a specified benefit to enable deductions to be made;
(b)entitlement to all specified benefits has ceased;
(c)the beneficiary withdraws consent for the Secretary of State to make deductions from a specified benefit; or
(d)the beneficiary is no longer liable to repay any tax credits overpayment debt or self-assessment debt.
(5) The Secretary of State shall notify the beneficiary in writing of the total sums deducted under this paragraph—
(a)on receipt of a written request for such information from the beneficiary; or
(b)on the termination of deductions.
(6) Where a deduction is made under this paragraph from a specified benefit, paragraph 8 (maximum amount of payment to third parties) is to have effect as if—
(a)in sub-paragraph (1) for “and 7A” there were substituted “, 7A and 7E”; and
(b)in sub-paragraph (2) for “and 7D” there were substituted “, 7D and 7E”.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 9 para. 7E inserted (30.4.2010) by The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/870), regs. 1, 2(2)(b)
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