Paragraph 31 I1

For the second sentence of section 80A(4) (overpaid Housing Revenue Account subsidy may be recovered by withholding or reducing subsidy) there is substituted—

“(4A)

Without prejudice to other methods of recovery, a sum recoverable under subsection (4) above may—

(a)

be recovered by withholding or reducing subsidy, and

(b)

if the sum is referable to housing benefit in respect of houses or other property within the authority’s Housing Revenue Account, be recovered by withholding or reducing rent rebate subsidy under Part 8 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992.”