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83.—(1) Without prejudice to any other method of recovery, [F1a relevant authority] may recover a recoverable overpayment from any person referred to in regulation 82 (persons from whom recovery may be sought) by deduction from any housing benefit to which that person is entitled (including arrears of entitlement after offsetting under regulation 79 (offsetting)) or, where it is unable to do so, may request the Secretary of State to recover any recoverable overpayment from the benefits prescribed in [F2regulation 86(1)] (recovery of overpayments from prescribed benefits).
[F3(1ZA) Where an overpayment is recoverable from a claimant who has one or more partners, a relevant authority may recover the overpayment by deduction from any housing benefit payable to the claimant’s partner, or where it is unable to do so, may request the Secretary of State to recover any recoverable overpayment from the benefits prescribed in regulation 86(1B) (recovery of overpayments from prescribed benefits), provided that the claimant and that partner were a couple both at the time of the overpayment and when the deduction is made.]
F4(1A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2) Subject to paragraphs F5... (4) and (5), where [F1a relevant authority] makes deductions permitted by paragraph (1) [F6or (1ZA)] from the housing benefit it is paying to a claimant [F7or a claimant’s partner] (other than deductions from arrears of entitlement), the deduction in respect of a benefit week shall be—
(a)in a case to which paragraph (3) applies, not more than the amount there specified; and
(b)in any other case, not more than 3 times five per cent. of the personal allowance for a single claimant aged not less than 25, that five per cent. being, where it is not a multiple of five pence, rounded to the next higher such multiple.
(3) Where [F8a relevant authority] makes deductions from housing benefit it is paying to a claimant [F9or a claimant’s partner, where the claimant has], in respect of the whole or part of the recoverable overpayment—
(a)been found guilty of an offence whether under a statute or otherwise;
(b)made an admission after caution of deception or fraud for the purpose of obtaining relevant benefit; or
(c)agreed to pay a penalty under section 115A of the Administration Act F10 and the agreement has not been withdrawn,
the amount deducted under paragraph (2) shall be not more than [F11five times] five per cent. of the personal allowance for a single claimant aged not less than 25, [F12that five per cent. being, where it is not a multiple of 5 pence, rounded to the next higher such multiple].
(4) Where, in the calculation of housing benefit, the amount of earnings or other income falling to be taken into account is reduced by reason of [F13paragraphs 2 to 5 and 7] of Schedule 4 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of earnings)[F14, or paragraph 5A of that Schedule in a case where the amount of earnings to be disregarded under that paragraph is the amount referred to in regulation 45(2) of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations[F15, regulation 39(1)(a) of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2013] or regulation 17(2) of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (General) Regulations 1995,] or paragraph 1 of Schedule 5 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings), the deduction under paragraph (2) may be increased by not more than half the amount of the reduction.
(5) No deduction made under this regulation F16... shall be applied so as to reduce the housing benefit in respect of a benefit week to less than 50 pence.
(6) In this regulation—
“admission after caution” means—
in England and Wales, an admission after a caution has been administered in accordance with a Code issued under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 F17;
in Scotland, admission after a caution has been administered, such admission being duly witnessed by two persons; and
“personal allowance for a single claimant aged not less than 25” means the amount specified in paragraph 1(1)(b) of column 2 of Schedule 3 to the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 (applicable amounts).
(7) This regulation shall not apply in respect of an offence committed or an admission after caution or an agreement to pay a penalty made before 2nd October 2000.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 83(1)(2) substituted by SI 2005/2904 reg. 7(2) (as amended) (10.4.2006) by The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/217), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 29(8)(b) (with regs. 2, 3, Sch. 3, Sch. 4)
F2Words in reg. 83(1) substituted (6.4.2009) by The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/2824), regs. 1(2), 5(3)(a)
F3Reg. 83(1ZA) inserted (6.4.2009) by The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/2824), regs. 1(2), 5(3)(b)
F4Reg. 83(1A) omitted (1.4.2010 for specified purposes, 5.4.2010 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2608), reg. 1(2)(3), 3(3)(a)
F5Word in reg. 83(2) omitted (1.4.2010 for specified purposes, 5.4.2010 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2608), reg. 1(2)(3), 3(3)(b)
F6Words in reg. 83(2) inserted (6.4.2009) by The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/2824), regs. 1(2), 5(3)(c)(i)
F7Words in reg. 83(2) inserted (6.4.2009) by The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/2824), regs. 1(2), 5(3)(c)(ii)
F8Words in reg. 83(3) substituted by SI 2005/2904 reg. 7(2) (as amended) (10.4.2006) by The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/217), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 29(8)(b) (with regs. 2, 3, Sch. 3, Sch. 4)
F9Words in reg. 83(3) substituted (6.4.2009) by The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/2824), regs. 1(2), 5(3)(d)
F10Section 115A was inserted by the Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act (c. 47), section 15; sub-sections (7A) and (7B) were inserted by the Social Security Fraud Act 2001 (c. 11), section 14.
F11Words in reg. 83(3) substituted (1.4.2012) by The Social Security (Recovery) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/645), regs. 1(1), 3(2)(a)
F12Words in reg. 83(3) substituted (1.4.2012) by The Social Security (Recovery) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/645), regs. 1(1), 3(2)(b)
F13Words in reg. 83(4) substituted (19.5.2008) by Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.2) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1042), regs. 1(2), 4(7)
F14Words in reg. 83(4) inserted (1.4.2010 for specified purposes, 5.4.2010 in so far as not already in force) by The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2608), reg. 1(2)(3), 3(3)(c)
F15Words in reg. 83(4) inserted (29.4.2013) by The Universal Credit (Consequential, Supplementary, Incidental and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/630), regs. 1(2), 36(6)
F16Words in reg. 83(5) omitted (1.4.2010 for specified purposes, 5.4.2010 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2608), reg. 1(2)(3), 3(3)(d)
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