Northern Ireland Statutory Rule SI 2016/224 United Kingdom

The Social Security (Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016

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Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Employer5 Any Person1

Other Acts binding the same actors

If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.

Employer — also bound by 682 other Acts
TULRCA 1992 72 duties
Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts

What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.019 Amount to be deducted by employer Regulated
  • Deduct benefit overpayments from employee wages when told toEmployer
s.020 Employer to notify liable person of deduction Regulated
  • Notify employees of earnings deductions for debt recoveryEmployer
s.021 Payment by employer to the appropriate authority Regulated
  • Pay deducted overpayments to the appropriate authority and keep recordsEmployer
s.022 Information to be provided by the liable person Regulated
  • Notify the relevant authority of changes in employment within 7 daysAny Person
s.024 Power to vary notices Regulated
  • Comply with varied deduction notice as soon as it takes effectEmployer
s.028 Priority as between notices and orders requiring deduction from earnings Regulated
  • Prioritise deductions from employee's earnings when multiple notices or orders applyEmployer
28 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Citation and commencement
s.002 Interpretation
s.003 Recoverable amounts
s.004 Persons from whom an overpayment may be recovered
s.005 Circumstances in which a determination need not be reversed, varied, revised or superseded prior to recovery
s.006 Duplication and prescribed income
s.007 Diminution of capital
s.008 Sums to be deducted
s.009 Sums to be deducted: change of dwelling
s.010 Recovery by deduction from benefits
s.011 Recovery by deduction from universal credit
s.012 Recovery by deduction from jobseeker’s allowance
s.013 Recovery by deduction from employment and support allowance
s.014 Recovery by deduction from state pension credit
s.015 Restrictions on recovery of rent and consequent notifications
s.016 Offsetting
s.017 Interpretation of this Part
s.018 Notices
s.023 Duty of employers and others to notify appropriate authority
s.025 Discharge of notices
s.026 Lapse of notices
s.027 Crown employment
s.029 Offences
s.030 Amendment of the Social Fund (Recovery by Deductions from Benefits) Regulations
s.031 Amendment of the Social Security (Payments on account, Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations
s.032 Amendment of the Housing Benefit Regulations
s.033 Amendment of the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations
s.034 Revocations

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