PART 8Amendment of provisions relating to recovery of overpaid housing benefit

Amendment of the Housing Benefit Regulations 200633

1

The Housing Benefit Regulations 200636 are amended as follows.

2

In regulation 105 (recovery of overpayments from prescribed benefits—

a

after paragraph (1)(f) add—

g

personal independence payment.

b

after paragraph (1)(g) add—

h

universal credit.

c

after paragraph (1B)(d) add—

e

personal independence payment.

d

after paragraph (1B)(e) add—

f

universal credit.

3

After regulation 106 insert—

Recovery by deduction from earnings106A

1

Any overpayment which is recoverable by virtue of regulation 100 may be recovered by a relevant authority by deduction from the earnings of the person from whom it is recoverable.

2

Part 6 of the Social Security (Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations 2013 applies in relation to the recovery of overpayments by deduction from the earnings of a person specified in paragraph (1) by a relevant authority as it applies to the recovery of recoverable amounts by deduction from the earnings of persons under that Part of those Regulations by an appropriate authority