PART 2GIVING OF ASSISTANCE BY SCOTTISH MINISTERS

CHAPTER 5RECOVERY OF VALUE OF ASSISTANCE

Assistance given in error

65Consideration for debtor's circumstances

(1)

This section applies to decisions of the Scottish Ministers about—

(a)

whether to seek to recover money owed under section 63, and

(b)

the method by which money owed under that section is to be recovered.

(2)

In making a decision to which this section applies, the Scottish Ministers must have regard to the financial circumstances of the individual who owes the money (so far as those circumstances are known to the Ministers).