Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013 (asp 1)

Direct payments S

16 Misuse of direct payment: recovery S

(1) Subsection (2) applies where—

(a) a local authority makes a direct payment to a person, and

(b) the authority considers—

(i) that the direct payment has been used (wholly or partly) for some purpose other than to secure the provision of the support to which it relates, or

(ii) that there has been a contravention of provision made by regulations under section 15 in relation to the direct payment.

(2) The authority may require the person to repay a sum equal to—

(a) the direct payment, or

(b) such part of the direct payment as the authority considers appropriate.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 16 in force at 1.4.2014 by S.S.I. 2014/32, art. 3