UK Act of Parliament 1997 c. 27 United Kingdom

Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997

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s.004 Applications for certificates of recoverable benefits. (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Apply for a certificate of recoverable benefits before paying compensationAny Person
35 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Cases in which this Act applies. (opens in a new tab)
s.001 Lump sum payments: regulation-making power
s.002 Compensation payments to which this Act applies. (opens in a new tab)
s.003 “The relevant period”. (opens in a new tab)
s.005 Information contained in certificates. (opens in a new tab)
s.006 Liability to pay Secretary of State amount of benefits. (opens in a new tab)
s.007 Recovery of payments due under section 6. (opens in a new tab)
s.008 Reduction of compensation payment. (opens in a new tab)
s.008 Reduction of payment under Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme
s.009 Section 8: supplementary. (opens in a new tab)
s.010 Review of certificates of recoverable benefits. (opens in a new tab)
s.011 Appeals against certificates of recoverable benefits. (opens in a new tab)
s.012 Reference of questions to First-tier Tribunal. (opens in a new tab)
s.013 Appeal to Upper Tribunal. (opens in a new tab)
s.014 Reviews and appeals: supplementary. (opens in a new tab)
s.015 Court orders. (opens in a new tab)
s.016 Payments into court. (opens in a new tab)
s.017 Benefits irrelevant to assessment of damages. (opens in a new tab)
s.018 Lump sum and periodical payments. (opens in a new tab)
s.019 Payments by more than one person. (opens in a new tab)
s.020 Amounts overpaid under section 6. (opens in a new tab)
s.021 Compensation payments to be disregarded. (opens in a new tab)
s.022 Liability of insurers. (opens in a new tab)
s.023 Provision of information. (opens in a new tab)
s.024 Power to amend Schedule 2. (opens in a new tab)
s.025 Corresponding provision for Northern Ireland. (opens in a new tab)
s.026 Residence of the injured person. (opens in a new tab)
s.027 Jurisdiction of courts. (opens in a new tab)
s.028 The Crown. (opens in a new tab)
s.029 General interpretation. (opens in a new tab)
s.030 Regulations and orders. (opens in a new tab)
s.031 Financial arrangements. (opens in a new tab)
s.032 Power to make transitional, consequential (opens in a new tab)
s.033 Consequential amendments and repeals. (opens in a new tab)
s.034 Short title, commencement and extent. (opens in a new tab)
Schedules

Schedules

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25 other schedules
s.sch001 Any small payment (defined in Part II of this Schedule)....
s.sch001 Any payment made to or for the injured person under...
s.sch001 Any payment made in the exercise of a discretion out...
s.sch001 Any payment made out of property held for the purposes...
s.sch001 (1) Any payment made to the injured person by an...
s.sch001 Any redundancy payment falling to be taken into account in...
s.sch001 So much of any payment as is referable to costs....
s.sch001 Any prescribed payment.
s.sch001 (1) Regulations may make provision for compensation payments to be...
s.sch002 NOTES
s.sch002 Any reference to statutory sick pay— (a) includes only 80...
s.sch002 In this Schedule “the 1992 Act” means the Social Security...
s.sch003 In section 2 of the Law Reform (Personal Injuries) Act...
s.sch003 In section 189(8) (Treasury approval to regulations and orders), the...
s.sch003 In section 190 (parliamentary control of orders and regulations), in...
s.sch003 In section 191 (interpretation), the definitions of “compensation payment” and...
s.sch003 In section 192(5) (extent), “section 101” is omitted.
s.sch003 The Social Security Administration Act 1992 is amended as follows....
s.sch003 Part IV is omitted.
s.sch003 Consequential amendments
s.sch003 In section 125(1) (regulations as to notification of deaths), after...
s.sch003 In section 163 (general financial arrangements), subsections (1)(e) and (2)(i)...
s.sch003 In section 164(6) (destination of repayments), the words from “or...
s.sch003 In section 170(5) (the Social Security Advisory Committee)—
s.sch003 In section 180 (payment of travelling expenses by the Secretary...

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