Amount to be deducted by employer
- Deduct benefit overpayments from employee wages when told to
Northern Ireland Statutory Rule
2016
United Kingdom
The Social Security (Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
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6 compliance obligations
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Employer to notify liable person of deduction
- Notify employees of earnings deductions for debt recovery
Payment by employer to the appropriate authority
- Pay deducted overpayments to the appropriate authority and keep records
Information to be provided by the liable person
- Notify the relevant authority of changes in employment within 7 days
Power to vary notices
- Comply with varied deduction notice as soon as it takes effect
Priority as between notices and orders requiring deduction from earnings
- Prioritise deductions from employee's earnings when multiple notices or orders apply
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Citation and commencement
Interpretation
Recoverable amounts
Persons from whom an overpayment may be recovered
Circumstances in which a determination need not be reversed, varied, revised or superseded prior to recovery
Duplication and prescribed income
Diminution of capital
Sums to be deducted
Sums to be deducted: change of dwelling
Recovery by deduction from benefits
Recovery by deduction from universal credit
Recovery by deduction from jobseeker’s allowance
Recovery by deduction from employment and support allowance
Recovery by deduction from state pension credit
Restrictions on recovery of rent and consequent notifications
Offsetting
Interpretation of this Part
Notices
Duty of employers and others to notify appropriate authority
Discharge of notices
Lapse of notices
Crown employment
Offences
Amendment of the Social Fund (Recovery by Deductions from Benefits) Regulations
Amendment of the Social Security (Payments on account, Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations
Amendment of the Housing Benefit Regulations
Amendment of the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations
Revocations
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