UK Statutory Instrument
2013
United Kingdom
The Social Security (Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations 2013
At a glance
What's here
6 compliance obligations
Who this Act binds
Business-side actors with duties under this Act, ranked by how often they appear.
- Employer 5
- Any Person 1
Other Acts binding the same actors
For each actor bound by this Act, the other UK Acts that bind them most often. Useful for understanding the full compliance landscape facing each role.
Employers also bound by 694 other Acts (top 5 shown)
- The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) Regulations 2003 2003 236 duties
- Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 1998 120 duties
- TULRCA 1992 1992 72 duties
- Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (current NI employment law) 1996 52 duties
- Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 2003 50 duties
Any Person also bound by 2337 other Acts (top 5 shown)
- Human Medicines Regulations 2012 2012 169 duties
- Merchant Shipping Act 1995 1995 144 duties
- Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 2016 101 duties
- Road Traffic Act 1988 1988 95 duties
- Air Navigation Order 2016 2016 95 duties
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
Browse 9 other Schedules — structural / supplementary
Existing micro-businesses
New businesses
The exemption period: existing micro-businesses
Grace periods in which business grows
Number of employees of a business
Employees of a business
Employees
Franchises
Amount to be deducted by employer
- Deduct money from employee wages when you receive a notice Employer
Employer to notify liable person of deduction
- Notify liable person of deduction amount and calculation Employer
Payment by employer to the appropriate authority
- Pay deducted overpayments to the appropriate authority and keep records Employer
Information to be provided by the liable person
- Notify the DWP within 7 days if you leave or start a job Any Person
Power to vary notices
- Comply with varied deduction notices Employer
Priority as between notices and orders requiring deduction from earnings
- Prioritise deductions from earnings correctly when multiple orders apply Employer
Browse 28 other sections — procedural / definitional / commencement
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 Part 6
Exemption from this Part
Notices
Duty of employers and others to notify appropriate authority
Discharge of notices
Lapse of notices
Crown employment
Offences
Amendments to the Social Security (Payments on account, Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations 1988
Amendment of the Social Fund (Recovery by Deductions from Benefits) Regulations 1988
Amendment of the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006
Amendment of the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006
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