SCHEDULE 4 Parliamentary Standards Act 2009: New Schedule 4
Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 (2010 c 25) | Legislation

SCHEDULE 4 Parliamentary Standards Act 2009: New Schedule 4

Section 34

“SCHEDULE 4
Enforcement
Section 9B
Part 1
Recovery of Overpayments
Power to give repayment direction
1

(1)     This paragraph applies where the Compliance Officer—

(a)     has conducted an investigation in respect of a member of the House of Commons under section 9, and

(b)     has made findings under section 9(5) that the member was paid an amount under the MPs' allowances scheme (the “overpaymentâ€) that—

(i)     should not have been allowed, and

(ii)     has not been repaid.

(2)     The Compliance Officer—

(a)     if sub-paragraph (3) applies, may give the member a direction under this paragraph (a “repayment directionâ€), and

(b)     otherwise, must give the member a repayment direction.

(3)     This sub-paragraph applies if the Compliance Officer has made findings under section 9(5) that the member's being paid an amount under the MPs' allowances scheme that should not have been allowed was wholly or partly the IPSA's fault.

(4)     A repayment direction must require the member to pay to the IPSA—

(a)     if sub-paragraph (3) applies, such amount (not exceeding the amount of the overpayment) as the Compliance Officer considers reasonable, and

(b)     otherwise, the

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