{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-authorities-fraud-error-and-recovery-act-2025/section-34",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-authorities-fraud-error-and-recovery-act-2025/section-34.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2025/28",
  "legislation_title": "Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Act 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-authorities-fraud-error-and-recovery-act-2025",
  "path": "section/34",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "34",
  "heading": "Reviews",
  "text": "(1) This section applies where the Minister—\n(a) makes a direct deduction order,\n(b) varies a direct deduction order, or\n(c) decides not to vary a direct deduction order in response to an application under section 28.\n(2) Any of the following persons (“relevant persons”) may apply to the Minister for a review of the decision to make, to vary or not to vary the order—\n(a) the liable person to whom the order relates, and\n(b) in the case of a joint account, any other account holder.\n(3) An application under subsection (2) must be made before the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the day after the day on which the applicant was—\n(a) given a copy of the order or the order as varied, or\n(b) notified of the decision not to vary the order.\n(4) An application for a review under this section may not be made on, or include, any ground relating to the existence or amount of a payable amount (unless the amount is said to be incorrectly stated in the order).\n(5) Where an application for a review is made under this section, the Minister must review the decision in question.\n(6) On the review, the Minister may—\n(a) uphold the decision,\n(b) vary the order, or\n(c) revoke the order.\n(7) After a review has been carried out, the Minister must notify the applicant and other relevant persons of the outcome of the review.\n(8) See section 29 for provisions about varying a direct deduction order.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 34 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 109(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 34 in force at 1.4.2026 by S.I. 2026/371, reg. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/28/section/34",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:27:04.329230+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}