68 Certain overpayments of benefit not to be recoverable
Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (1999 c 30) | Legislation

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68  Certain overpayments of benefit not to be recoverable

(1)     An overpayment to which this section applies shall not be recoverable from the payee, whether by the Secretary of State or a local authority, under any provision made by or under Part III of the Administration Act (overpayments and adjustments of benefit).

(2)     This section applies to an overpayment if—

(a)     it is in respect of a qualifying benefit;

(b)     it is referable to a decision given on a review that there has been an alteration in the relevant person's condition, being a decision to which effect is required to be given as from a date earlier than that on which it was given;

(c)     the decision was given before 1st June 1999; and

(d)     the overpayment is not excluded by virtue of subsection (6).

(3)     In subsection (2)(b) the reference to a decision on a review that there has been an alteration in the relevant person's condition is

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