25.—(1) The Board may recover any amount of victims' payments or a lump sum paid in excess of entitlement.
(2) Overpayments are recoverable from the person to whom the overpayment was made.
(3) Where a person receives victims' payments or a lump sum on behalf of another person (whether pursuant to an appointment under regulation 48(1) or otherwise), overpayments are recoverable from the person on whose behalf the payments were received (as well as from the person to whom the overpayment was made).
(4) Any amount recoverable from a person may be recovered by deducting the amount from further payments of victims' payments, or from payment of a lump sum, made to that person.
(5) An amount recoverable under paragraph (1) is, if the county court so orders, recoverable as if it were payable under an order of that court.
(6) Any costs of the Board in recovering an amount under this regulation may be recovered by the Board as if the costs were amounts recoverable under paragraph (1).
(7) Where the Board is seeking to recover an overpayment, the Board must notify in writing the person from whom the Board intends to recover overpayments of—
(a)the amount the Board is seeking to recover;
(b)the reason the Board considers that a payment has been made in excess of entitlement.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 25 in force at 29.5.2020, see reg. 1(3)