The Social Security (Payments on account, Overpayments and Recovery) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000
These Regulations amend regulation 16 of the Social Security (Payments on account, Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988 to provide for the higher rate of deduction to recover overpayments from income support or jobseeker’s allowance to be applied to a person who, after caution, makes an admission of deception or fraud or agrees to pay a penalty as an alternative to prosecution.