The Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 1999

Certificates of recoverable benefitsE+W+S

9.   A certificate of recoverable benefits may be reviewed under section 10 of the 1997 Act M1 where the Secretary of State is satisfied that—

(a)a mistake (whether in computation of the amount specified or otherwise) occurred in the preparation of the certificate;

(b)the benefit recovered from a person who makes a compensation payment (as defined in section 1 of the 1997 Act) is in excess of the amount due to the Secretary of State;

(c)incorrect or insufficient information was supplied to the Secretary of State by the person who applied for the certificate and in consequence the amount of benefit specified in the certificate was less than it would have been had the information supplied been correct or sufficient; or

(d) a ground for appeal is satisfied under section 11 of the 1997 Act M2 .

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M1Section 10 was amended by paragraph 149 of Schedule 7 to the Social Security Act 1998.

M2Section 11 was amended by paragraph 150 of Schedule 7 to the Social Security Act 1998.