The Social Security (Payments on account, Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations 1988

1. Introductory Text

2. PART I General

   1. 1. Citation, commencement and interpretation.

3. PART II Interim Payments

   1. 2. Making of interim payments.

   2. 3. Bringing interim payments into account.

   3. 4. Recovery of overpaid interim payments.

4. PART III Offsetting

   1. 5. Offsetting prior payment against subsequent award.

   2. 6. Exception from offset of recoverable overpayment.

5. PART IV Prevention of Duplication of Payments

   1. 7. Duplication and prescribed income.

   2. 8. Duplication and prescribed payments.

   3. 9. Duplication and maintenance payments.

   4. 10. Conversion of payments made in a foreign currency.

6. PART V Direct Credit Transfer Overpayments

   1. 11. Recovery of overpayments by automated or other direct credit transfer.

7. PART VI Revision of Determination and Calculation of Amount Recoverable

   1. 12. Circumstances in which determination need not be revised.

   2. 13. Sums to be deducted in calculating recoverable amounts.

   3. 14. Quarterly diminution of capital.

8. PART VII The Process of Recovery

   1. 15. Recovery by deduction from prescribed benefits.

   2. 16. Limitations on deductions from prescribed benefits.

   3. 17. Recovery from couples.

9. PART VIII Recovery by Deduction from Earnings Following Trade Dispute

   1. 18. Recovery by deduction from earnings.

   2. 19. Notification of award.

   3. 20. Service and contents of deduction notices.

   4. 21. Period for which deduction notice has effect.

   5. 22. Effect of deduction notice.

   6. 23. Increase of amount of award on appeal or review.

   7. 24. Review of determination of protected earnings.

   8. 25. Power to serve further deduction notice on resumption of employment.

   9. 26. Right of Secretary of State to recover direct from claimant.

   10. 27. Duties and liabilities of employers.

   11. 28. Claimants to give notice of cessation or resumption of employment.

   12. 29. Failure to notify.

10. PART IX Revocations, transitional provisions and savings

    1. 30. Revocations.

    2. 31. Transitional provisions and savings.

11. Signature

12. Explanatory Note