Part 1: Public Service Pension Schemes Chapter 2: Judicial Schemes Section 55: Power to reduce benefits in lieu of paying liabilities owed to scheme
This section provides for scheme regulations which may reduce an amount owed by a person under Chapter 2 of the Act, by instead reducing the benefits payable to or in respect of that person under the scheme.
	Section 55(2) provides that where a person’s pension scheme benefits are so reduced in respect of an amount owed to the person’s "employer", scheme regulations may require the scheme to reimburse the "employer".