The Welfare Supplementary Payment (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017

Persons from whom overpayments may be recovered

8.—(1) This regulation applies where there has been an overpayment in respect of a person (A).

(2) If payment is made to A, the amount recoverable is only recoverable from A.

(3) If payment is made to a person appointed under regulation 33 of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(1), then the amount recoverable is recoverable from—

(a) A, and

(b) the person appointed.

(4) If payment is made to a person that A has nominated under regulation 91(3) of the Housing Benefit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006(2), then the amount recoverable is recoverable from—

(a) A, and

(b) the person nominated.

(5) If payment is made to A’s landlord or A’s landlord’s agent, then the amount recoverable is only recoverable from the landlord or the landlord’s agent, as the case may be.

(6) In a case where payment is made to—

(a) a joint-claim couple under regulation 14 or 15 of the Welfare Supplementary Payment (Loss of Disability-Related Premiums) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016, or

(b) a joint claim: couples under regulation 28 of those Regulations,

the amount recoverable is recoverable from both members of that couple.

(1)

S.R. 1987 No. 465; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1992 No. 7, S.R. 2002 No. 297, S.R. 2005 No. 46 and S.R. 2006 No. 407

(2)

S.R. 2006 No. 405