{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-sector-fraud-and-error-recovery-regulations-2026/regulation-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-sector-fraud-and-error-recovery-regulations-2026/regulation-10.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2026/668",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Sector Fraud and Error (Recovery) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-sector-fraud-and-error-recovery-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/10",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Pre-deduction notices",
  "text": "A bank which receives a pre-deduction notice under section 21(1) of the Act must notify the Minister if it considers a direct deduction order could not be applied to the account because—\n(a) the account has been closed, is in the process of being closed, or an account holder has requested its closure,\n(b) the account has been transferred to another bank, is in the process of being transferred to another bank, or an account holder has requested its transfer to another bank,\n(c) the liable person stated on the notice is not a holder of the account,\n(d) a process has begun to remove the liable person as a holder of the account;\n(e) the bank has reason to believe the account is held by the liable person on trust for another person (unless that other person is also stated to be a liable person on the notice), or\n(f) the bank knows the account is subject to a requirement under any other enactment or by an order of any court which would prevent the bank from making deductions from it.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/668/regulation/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:59:34.351507+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."
}