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SUPPLEMENTARY BENEFITS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1977 - SECT 25

25.(1) If, whether fraudulently or otherwise, any person misrepresents, or
fails to disclose, any material fact, and in consequence of the
misrepresentation or failure

(a)the Department incurs any expenditure under this Order; or

(b)any sum recoverable under this Order by or on behalf of the Department is
not recovered;

(2) If, whether in connection with any legal proceedings or otherwise, any
question arises whether any amount paid by way of supplementary benefit is
recoverable by the Department under this Article, or as to the amount so
recoverable, the question shall be [determined by a benefit officer].

[(3) A person from whom, in pursuance of a determination of a benefit officer
under paragraph (2), an amount is recoverable under this Article may appeal to
the Appeal Tribunal against the determination; and Article 20(3) shall apply
to an appeal under this paragraph as it applies to an appeal under that
Article.]

(4) Where any amount paid by way of supplementary benefit is recoverable under
this Article, it may, without prejudice to any other method of recovery, be
recovered by deduction from [prescribed benefits].

[(5) Paragraphs (2) and (3) shall apply to any question as to whether any
amount or what amount is recoverable by the Department under section 22 of the
National Assistance Act (Northern Ireland) 1948 or section 26 of the
Supplementary Benefits &c. Act (Northern Ireland) 1966 (which contain
provisions corresponding to paragraph (1)) and paragraph (4) shall apply to an
amount recoverable under either of those sections

(a)as if for any reference in those paragraphs to this Article there were
substituted references to the said section 22 or 26, as the case may be; and

(b)as respects a question relating to recovery under the said section 22 and
an amount recoverable under that section, as if the words "paid by way of
supplementary benefit" in paragraphs (2) and (4) were omitted.]

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