Repayment of direct payments
16.—(1) A responsible authority which has made a direct payment may require the payment or part of the payment to be repaid where it is satisfied that—
(a)the direct payment or part of the payment has not been used to secure the provision of the service to which it relates; or
(b)a condition imposed under regulation 12 or 13 has not been complied with.
(2) Any sum falling to be repaid by virtue of paragraph (1) may be recoverable as a debt due to the responsible authority.