Article 18 Recovery of social security benefits

the present text shall stand as paragraph (1);

after paragraph (1), there shall be inserted the following new paragraph—

“(2)

In a case where a payment into court has been made as mentioned in paragraph 12(2) of Schedule 4 to the Social Security Act 1989^f1 and an application is made for the money remaining in court to be paid out, the court may treat the money in court as being reduced by a sum equivalent to any further relevant benefits (within the meaning of section 22(3) of that Act) paid to the plaintiff since the date of payment into court and direct payment out accordingly.”.