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The Local Government (Early Termination of Employment) (Discretionary Compensation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

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28.—(1) Any compensation payable under these Regulations –

(a)is payable to or in trust for the person entitled to receive it;

(b)is not assignable or chargeable with his debts or other liabilities; and

(c)on his bankruptcy, shall not vest in his trustee in bankruptcy as part of his estate.

(2) Compensation (other than compensation payable in a lump sum) payable to, or in respect of, a person shall be payable where the entitlement arises under Part IV or VIII, at the same intervals as those at which his pension is payable under the Pension Regulations (or, but for a relevant disqualification and on the relevant assumptions or, as the case may be, the transfer of benefits to another pension scheme, would have been so payable).

(3) Where any compensation is paid in error to any person (including any overpayment) –

(a)the paying authority must, as soon as possible after the discovery of the error –

(i)inform the person concerned, by notice in writing, giving details of the relevant calculation;

(ii)where there has been an underpayment, make a further payment;

(iii)where there has been an overpayment, specify a reasonable period for repayment;

(b)a person who has received a notice under sub-paragraph (a) must repay any overpayment within the specified period; and

(c)the paying authority may take such steps as it considers appropriate to recover from the person to whom it was paid any overpayment which has not been repaid within the specified period.

(4) The paying authority shall take into account the person’s circumstances (so far as known or reasonably ascertainable), before taking steps under paragraph (3)(c).

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