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71.—(1) Without prejudice to any other method of recovery a relevant authority may recover any recoverable excess benefit due from any person referred to in regulation 70 (person from whom recovery may be sought) by any of the methods specified in paragraph (2) and (3) or any combination of those methods.
(2) Excess benefit may be recovered either—
(a)by payment by or on behalf of the person to whom regulation 70(1) refers; or
(b)by an addition being made by the relevant authority to any amount payable in respect of the council tax concerned.
(3) Where recoverable excess benefit due from any person cannot be recovered by either of the methods specified in paragraph (2), the relevant authority may request the Secretary of State to recover the outstanding excess from the benefits prescribed in regulation 75 in accordance with the provisions of that regulation.
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