PART 9Awards or payments of benefit
Offsetting66
1
Where a person has been allowed or paid a sum of council tax benefit under a decision which is subsequently revised or further revised, any sum allowed or paid in respect of a period covered by the subsequent decision shall be offset against arrears of entitlement under the subsequent decision except to the extent that the sum exceeds the arrears and shall be treated as properly awarded or paid on account of them.
2
Where an amount has been deducted under regulation 74(1) an equivalent sum shall be offset against any arrears of entitlement under the subsequent determination.
3
No amount may be offset under paragraph (1) which has been determined to be excess benefit within the meaning of regulation 67 (meaning of excess benefit).