Part 9

Charging

Recovery, etc

Recovery of charges
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1
All charges recoverable under this Act by—
a
the Secretary of State,
b
a local social services authority, or
c
any body established under this Act,
may be recovered summarily as a civil debt (but this does not affect any other method of recovery).
2
If any person, for the purpose of evading the payment of any charge under this Act, or of reducing the amount of any such charge—
a
knowingly makes any false statement or false representation, or
b
produces or furnishes, or causes or knowingly allows to be produced or furnished, any document or information which he knows to be false in a material particular,
the charge or the balance of the charge, may be recovered from him by the person by whom the cost of the service in question was defrayed.