{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-sector-fraud-and-error-recovery-regulations-2026/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-sector-fraud-and-error-recovery-regulations-2026/regulation-8.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/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Maximum amounts deducted by direct deduction order",
  "text": "(1) The amount to be deducted under a regular direct deduction order from a personal account must not exceed—\n(a) where section 22 (4) of the Act (cases of fraud) applies, the percentage of the relevant amount specified in column 2 of Table 1 in Schedule 1 which corresponds to the band in column 1 of that Table within which the relevant amount for that account falls;\n(b) in all other cases, the percentage of the relevant amount specified in column 2 of Table 2 in Schedule 1 which corresponds to the band in column 1 of that Table within which the relevant amount for that account falls.\n(2) Where any amount calculated under paragraph (1) includes a fraction of a penny, it is to be rounded to the nearest whole penny with a result of exactly half a penny being rounded down to the nearest whole penny.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See section 17 (4) of the Act for the definition of “regular direct deduction order”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See section 22 (5) of the Act for the definition of “relevant amount”."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/668/regulation/8",
    "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."
}