The Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997

Payments into courtN.I.

18.—(1) Regulations may make provision (including provision modifying this Order) for any case in which a payment into court is made.

(2) The regulations may (among other things) provide—

(a)for the making of a payment into court to be treated in prescribed circumstances as the making of a compensation payment,

(b)for application for, and issue of, certificates of recoverable benefits, and

(c)for the relevant period to be treated as ending on a date determined in accordance with the regulations.

(3) Rules of court and county court rules may make provision governing practice and procedure in such cases.