105 Recovery of benefit payments
Welfare Reform Act 2012 (2012 c 5) | Legislation

Recovery of benefits

105  Recovery of benefit payments

(1)     In the Social Security Administration Act 1992, after section 71ZA there is inserted—

“Recovery of benefit payments
71ZB Recovery of overpayments of certain benefits

(1)     The Secretary of State may recover any amount of the following paid in excess of entitlement—

(a)     universal credit,

(b)     jobseeker's allowance,

(c)     employment and support allowance, and

(d)     except in prescribed circumstances, housing credit (within the meaning of the State Pension Credit Act 2002).

(2)     An amount recoverable under this section is recoverable from—

(a)     the person to whom it was paid, or

(b)     such other person (in addition to or instead of the person to whom it was paid) as may be prescribed.

(3)     An amount paid in pursuance of a determination is not recoverable under this section unless the determination has been—

(a)     reversed or varied on an appeal, or

(b)     revised or superseded under section 9 or section 10 of the Social Security Act 1998,

except where regulations otherwise provide.

(4)     Regulations may provide that amounts recoverable under this section are to be calculated or estimated in a prescribed manner.

(5)     Where an amount of universal

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