# The Milk (Cessation of Production) (England and Wales) Scheme 1987, Section 21: Recovery of compensation

Extent: E+W

(1) Where any person, with a view to obtaining the payment of compensation to himself or to any other person—
(a) makes any statement which is untrue or misleading in a material respect, or
(b) furnishes to any of the appropriate Ministers any inaccurate information,
that Minister shall be entitled to recover on demand as a civil debt the whole or any part of any compensation paid to that person or to such other person.
(2) Where any person, having undertaken to cease producing milk for sale or having undertaken to reduce milk production in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 4(1), fails in any way to comply with that undertaking, the appropriate Minister shall be entitled to recover from him on demand as a civil debt the whole or any part of any compensation paid to him, or to any other person, in respect of quota registered in his name.
(3) Where any person—
(a) intentionally obstructs an authorised officer in the exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 2(1) of the Act,
(b) fails without reasonable excuse to comply with a requirement of this Scheme, the appropriate Minister shall be entitled to recover on demand as a civil debt the whole or any part of any compensation paid to that person.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/908/section/21 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/milk-cessation-of-production-england-and-wales-scheme-1987/section-21
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