PART 8Amendment of provisions relating to recovery of overpaid housing benefit
Amendment of the Housing Benefit Regulations 200633
1
The Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 M1 are amended as follows.
2
In regulation 105 (recovery of overpayments from prescribed benefits—
a
after paragraph (1)(f) add—
g
personal independence payment.
b
after paragraph (1)(g) add—
h
universal credit.
c
after paragraph (1B)(d) add—
e
personal independence payment.
d
after paragraph (1B)(e) add—
f
universal credit.
3
After regulation 106 insert—
Recovery by deduction from earnings106A
1
Any overpayment which is recoverable by virtue of regulation 100 may be recovered by a relevant authority by deduction from the earnings of the person from whom it is recoverable.
2
Part 6 of the Social Security (Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations 2013 applies in relation to the recovery of overpayments by deduction from the earnings of a person specified in paragraph (1) by a relevant authority as it applies to the recovery of recoverable amounts by deduction from the earnings of persons under that Part of those Regulations by an appropriate authority