The Social Security (Payments on account, Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations 1988

Duplication and maintenance payments

9.  For the purposes of section 27(3) of the Act (recovery of amount of benefit awarded because maintenance payments not made), the following benefits are prescribed—

(a)child benefit;

(b)increases for dependants of any benefit under the Social Security Act 1975;

(c)child’s special allowance under section 31 of the Social Security Act 1975(1); and

(d)guardian’s allowance.

(1)

1975 c. 14; child’s special allowance is abolished except for existing beneficiaries by Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50), section 40.