Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/384/body/made
Timestamp: 2019-07-23 05:45:20
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3.—(1) In these Regulations, “recoverable amount” means—
(b)any other amount recoverable under any provision of the Act specified in paragraph (2).
(2) Those provisions are(9)—
(a)section 71ZE(3) (costs of court action etc.);
(b)section 71ZG (recovery of payments on account);
(c)section 71ZH (recovery of hardship payments);
(d)section 115B(4)(recovery of penalties imposed as an alternative to prosecution);
(e)section 115C(4) (recovery of civil penalties for incorrect statements); and
(f)section 115D(4) (recovery of civil penalties for failure to disclose information).
5. Section 71ZB(3) of the Act (recoverability of an overpayment dependent on reversal, variation, revision or supersession) does not apply where the circumstances of the overpayment do not provide a basis for the decision pursuant to which the payment was made to be revised under section 9 of the Social Security Act 1998(10) or superseded under section 10 of that Act.
6.—(1) The income prescribed for the purpose of section 71ZB(5) of the Act (duplication of payments: universal credit) is any income which falls to be taken into account in accordance with Chapters 2 and 3 of Part 6 of the UC Regulations.
(2) Where this paragraph applies, the Secretary of State must, for the purpose only of calculating the recoverable amount of that overpayment—
8.—(1) In calculating the recoverable amount of an overpayment of jobseeker’s allowance or employment and support allowance, the Secretary of State must deduct the amounts specified in paragraphs (2) and (3).
(3) Any additional amount of universal credit which was not payable to the claimant or their partner under the original or any other determination but which should have been determined to be payable in respect of all or part of the overpayment period to the claimant, or to the claimant and their partner jointly—
(a)on the basis of the claim for universal credit as presented to the Secretary of State;
(b)on the basis of that claim as it would have appeared if any change of circumstances, except a change of the dwelling which the claimant occupies as their home, had been notified at the time that change occurred;
(d)where the overpayment arose by virtue of an error made by, or on behalf of, the Secretary of State, on the basis that that error had not been made.
(a)benefits under Parts 2 to 5 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(11);
(e)state pension credit payable under the State Pension Credit Act 2002(12); and
(8) The limitations in paragraph (2) do not apply where the deduction falls to be made from any payment of arrears of universal credit other than any arrears caused by the operation of regulation 46 of the Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 2013 (13)(making of payments which have been suspended).
(a)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(14);
(11) In paragraph (2), “the appropriate universal credit standard allowance” means the appropriate universal credit standard allowance included in the award of universal credit made to the liable person, or to the liable person and their partner as joint claimants(15), by virtue of regulation 36 of the UC Regulations.
(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), regulation 10 is to apply to the amount of a jobseeker’s allowance to which the liable person is presently entitled to the extent that there may be recovered in respect of any benefit week an amount equivalent to 40 per cent. of the age-related amount applicable to the liable person as specified in regulation 49 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 2013(16).
(5) In paragraph (2), “benefit week” has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 2013.
(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), regulation 10 is to apply to the amount of an employment and support allowance to which the liable person is presently entitled to the extent that there may be recovered in respect of any one benefit week an amount equivalent to 40 per cent. of the age-related amount applicable to the liable person as specified in regulation 62(1)(b) of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2013(17).
(6) In this regulation, “benefit week” has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the State Pension Credit Regulations 2002(18).
15.—(1) Paragraph (2) applies where, pursuant to section 71ZC(2)(b) of the Act, an amount of housing costs has been, or falls to be, recovered by deduction from benefit paid to a person (“the landlord”) to discharge (in whole or in part) an obligation owed to the landlord by the person on whose behalf the recoverable amount was paid (“the tenant”).
(b)agreed to pay a penalty under section 115A of the Act (penalty as an alternative to prosecution) and the agreement has not been withdrawn,
(3) In any case to which paragraph (2) applies or will apply when recovery is made, the Secretary of State must notify both the landlord and the tenant—
(a)that the overpayment that it has recovered or that the Secretary of State has determined to recover (“that sum”) is, or will be, one to which paragraph (2) applies; and
(b)that the landlord has no right in relation to that sum against the tenant, and that the tenant’s obligation to the landlord is to be taken to be discharged by the amount so recovered.
(b)pay or allowances payable to the liable person as a member of Her Majesty’s forces other than pay or allowances payable by their employer to them as a special member of a reserve force (within the meaning of the Reserve Forces Act 1996(19));
(e)guaranteed minimum pension within the meaning of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 (20);
(f)working tax credit payable under section 10 of the Tax Credits Act 2002(21);
(b)primary Class I contributions under Part 1 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(22);
“child support order” means a deduction from earnings order under Part 3 of the Child Support (Collection and Enforcement) Regulations 1992(23);
PART 7Amendments to associated legislation
Amendments to the Social Security (Payments on account, Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations 1988
31.—(1) The Social Security (Payments on account, Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations 1988(24) are amended as follows.
““the 2012 Act” means the Welfare Reform Act 2012(25);”;
(b)before the definition of “the 2012 Act” insert—
““the 1995 Act” means the Jobseekers Act 1995(26);
“the 2007 Act” means the Welfare Reform Act 2007(27);”;
(c)in the definition of “benefit”(28), after “state pension credit,” insert “personal independence payment,”;
(d)after the definition of “disabled person’s tax credit”(29) insert—
““employment and support allowance” means, for the purposes of Parts 3 to 6, employment and support allowance under Part 1 of the 2007 Act as that Part has effect apart from the amendments made by Schedule 3, and Part 1 of Schedule 14, to the 2012 Act that remove references to an income-related allowance;”;
(e)after the definition of “Income Support Regulations” insert—
““jobseeker’s allowance” means, for the purposes of Parts 3 to 6, jobseeker’s allowance under the 1995 Act as that Act has effect apart from the amendments made by Part 1 of Schedule 14 to the 2012 Act that remove references to an income-based allowance;”;
(f)after the definition of “Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations”(30) insert—
(g)after the definition of “tax credit”(31) insert—
(3) In regulation 5(2) (offsetting prior payment against subsequent award), in Case 2, after “another benefit” insert “or, as the case may be, universal credit”.
“(aa)any personal independence payment;”;
(b)in paragraph (2), after “income support,” insert “universal credit,”.
(5) At the beginning of regulation 11 (recovery of overpayments by automated or other direct credit transfer) insert—
“(A1) This regulation applies only in respect of payments of benefit to which section 71 of the Administration Act applies.”.
(6) For regulation 13(1) substitute—
“(1) Subject to paragraphs (1C) and (2), in calculating an amount recoverable under section 71(1) of the Administration Act or under regulation 11 (“the overpayment”), the adjudicating authority must deduct—
(a)any amount which has been offset under Part 3;
(b)any additional amount of a benefit specified in paragraph (1A) which was not payable under the original, or any other, determination but which should have been determined to be payable in respect of all or part of the overpayment period to the claimant or their partner—
(i)on the basis of the claim as presented to the adjudicating authority; or
(ii)on the basis that any misrepresentation or failure to disclose a material fact had been remedied prior to the award being made.
(d)income-based jobseeker’s allowance; and
(1B) In paragraph (1), “overpayment period” means the period over which the overpayment accrued.
(7) In regulation 15 (recovery by deduction from benefits)—
(a)after sub-paragraph (2)(f) add—
(b)after sub-paragraph (2)(g) add—
“(h)universal credit.”.
(7B) Where paragraph (7A) applies, regulation 11 of the Social Security (Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations 2013 applies in relation to those deductions as it applies to deductions from universal credit for the recovery of recoverable amounts under those Regulations.”.
(9) After regulation 29 insert—
“PART 8ARecovery by deduction from earnings: other cases
29A.—(1) Any amount which is recoverable by virtue of section 71(1) or (4), 71ZA or 78(1) of the Administration Act may be recovered by the Secretary of State 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 recovery by deduction from the earnings of a person specified in paragraph (1) by the Secretary of State as it applies to recovery by deduction from the earnings of persons of recoverable amounts under that Part of those Regulations by an appropriate authority.”.
32. In regulation 3 of the Social Fund (Recovery by Deductions from Benefits) Regulations 1988(32) (benefits from which an award may be recovered), before paragraph (a) insert—
33.—(1) The Housing Benefit Regulations 2006(33) are amended as follows.
34.—(1) The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006(34) (recovery of overpayments from prescribed benefits) are amended as follows.