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Paragraph 32 Exclusion of other rights of recovery

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(1)

An individual given assistance in error has no non-statutory obligation based on redress or unjustified enrichment to pay the value of that assistance to the Scottish Ministers.

(2)

In sub-paragraph (1)—

(a)

“non-statutory obligation” means an obligation that arises from a rule of law rather than an enactment,

(b)

the reference to assistance being given in error is to be construed in accordance with paragraph 29(4).