Requirement for notice
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8.—(1) The Secretary of State must, on or before making a payment on account of benefit to A, give or send notice in writing to A of their liability—
(a)to have the amount of the payment on account of benefit deducted from subsequent payments of benefit; and
(b)to repay the amount of any payment on account of benefit to the extent that it is not deducted from subsequent payments of benefit.
(2) Where A is a member of a couple and the payment on account of benefit is on account of universal credit, notice in writing must also be given or sent to their partner containing the information referred to in paragraph (1)(a) and (b).