# The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 1989, Regulation 21: Amounts wrongly paid


(1) Where a person who is not an eligible person declares on a voucher that he is an eligible person and in consequence the responsible authority makes a payment under these Regulations, the person who makes the declaration shall repay the amount of that payment to the responsible authority.
(2) Where a supplier makes a claim for payment to the responsible authority, representing that the conditions specified in regulation 5(2), 13(2) or 19(2) are fulfilled, but those conditions are not fulfilled and the authority makes a payment to the supplier under these Regulations, it may recover the amount of that payment from the supplier.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/396/regulation/21 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-regulations-1989/regulation-21
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