These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Payments on account, Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 11th April 1988.

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

• “the Act” means the Social Security Act 1986;

• “adjudicating authority” means, as the case may be, the Chief or any other adjudication officer, a social security appeal tribunal, the Chief or any other Social Security Commissioner or a Tribunal of Commissioners;

• “benefit” means any benefit under the Social Security Act 19753, child benefit, family credit, income support and any payment under section 32(2)(a) of the Act (maternity and funeral expenses);

• “child benefit” means benefit under Part I of the Child Benefit Act 19754;

• “the Claims and Payments Regulations” means the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 19875;

• “family credit” means family credit under Part II of the Act;

• “guardian’s allowance” means an allowance under section 38 of the Social Security Act 19756;

• “income support” means income support under Part II of the Act and includes personal expenses addition, special transitional addition and transitional addition as defined in the Income Support (Transitional) Regulations 19877;

• “Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations 19878;

• “severe disablement allowance” means an allowance under section 36 of the Social Security Act 19759.

Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in these Regulations to a numbered Part or regulation is a reference to the Part or regulation bearing that number in these Regulations and any reference in a regulation to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph of that regulation bearing that number.a numbered Part or regulation is a reference to the Part or regulation bearing that number in these Regulations and any reference in a regulation to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph of that regulation bearing that number.