PART 2GIVING OF ASSISTANCE BY SCOTTISH MINISTERS
CHAPTER 5RECOVERY OF VALUE OF ASSISTANCE
Assistance given in error
67Exclusion of other rights of recovery
(1)
An individual given assistance in error has no non-statutory obligation based on redress of unjustified enrichment to pay the value of that assistance to the Scottish Ministers.
(2)
In subsection (1)—
(a)
“non-statutory obligation” means an obligation that arises from a rule of law rather than an enactment,
(b)
the reference to assistance being given in error is to be construed in accordance with section 63(4).