Social Security (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1977

16 Recoupment of certain benefits from remuneration paid under protective awards

(1) In section 112(2) of the [1975 c. 71.] Employment Protection Act 1975 (which relates to the recoupment of unemployment and supplementary benefit out of payments to which that section applies and which are the subject of proceedings before an industrial tribunal) after the words " industrial tribunal" there shall be inserted the words " and payments of remuneration in pursuance of a protective award made by an industrial tribunal under section 101 above ".

(2) In the said section 112 there shall be made the following amendments (which are consequential on the preceding subsection) namely—

(a) in subsection (2)(a) after the word " award " there shall be inserted the words " or the amount of the remuneration "; and

(b) in subsection (3)(a) after the words " all payments to which this section applies " there shall be inserted the words " or all payments of such remuneration as aforesaid ".

(3) In subsection (3) of the said section 112 (which specifies matters about which regulations may be made under subsection (2) of that section) after paragraph (b) there shall be inserted the following paragraphs—

(bb) impose, on an employer to whom a monetary or protective award relates, a duty to furnish particulars connected with the award and to suspend payments in pursuance of the award during any period prescribed by the regulations;

(bbb) provide for an employer who pays a sum to the Secretary of State in pursuance of this section to be relieved from any liability to pay the sum to another person.