UK Act of Parliament
1997
United Kingdom
Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997
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What's here
1 compliance obligation
What this Act requires
Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.
Schedules
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Any payment made to or for the injured person under...
Any payment made in the exercise of a discretion out...
Any payment made out of property held for the purposes...
(1) Any payment made to the injured person by an...
Any redundancy payment falling to be taken into account in...
So much of any payment as is referable to costs....
Any prescribed payment.
(1) Regulations may make provision for compensation payments to be...
NOTES
Any reference to statutory sick pay— (a) includes only 80...
In this Schedule “the 1992 Act” means the Social Security...
In section 2 of the Law Reform (Personal Injuries) Act...
In section 189(8) (Treasury approval to regulations and orders), the...
In section 190 (parliamentary control of orders and regulations), in...
In section 191 (interpretation), the definitions of “compensation payment” and...
In section 192(5) (extent), “section 101” is omitted.
The Social Security Administration Act 1992 is amended as follows....
Part IV is omitted.
Consequential amendments
In section 125(1) (regulations as to notification of deaths), after...
In section 163 (general financial arrangements), subsections (1)(e) and (2)(i)...
In section 164(6) (destination of repayments), the words from “or...
In section 170(5) (the Social Security Advisory Committee)—
In section 180 (payment of travelling expenses by the Secretary...
Applications for certificates of recoverable benefits.
- Apply for a certificate of recoverable benefits before paying compensation
Browse 35 other sections — procedural / definitional / commencement
Cases in which this Act applies.
Lump sum payments: regulation-making power
Compensation payments to which this Act applies.
“The relevant period”.
Information contained in certificates.
Liability to pay Secretary of State amount of benefits.
Recovery of payments due under section 6.
Reduction of compensation payment.
Reduction of payment under Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme
Section 8: supplementary.
Review of certificates of recoverable benefits.
Appeals against certificates of recoverable benefits.
Reference of questions to First-tier Tribunal.
Appeal to Upper Tribunal.
Reviews and appeals: supplementary.
Court orders.
Payments into court.
Benefits irrelevant to assessment of damages.
Lump sum and periodical payments.
Payments by more than one person.
Amounts overpaid under section 6.
Compensation payments to be disregarded.
Liability of insurers.
Provision of information.
Power to amend Schedule 2.
Corresponding provision for Northern Ireland.
Residence of the injured person.
Jurisdiction of courts.
The Crown.
General interpretation.
Regulations and orders.
Financial arrangements.
Power to make transitional, consequential
Consequential amendments and repeals.
Short title, commencement and extent.
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