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Paragraph 32 Exclusion of other rights of recoveryI1

Scotland

(1)

An individual given assistance in error has no non-statutory obligation based on redress or unjustified enrichment to pay the value of that assistance to the Scottish Ministers.

(2)

In sub-paragraph (1)—

(a)

“non-statutory obligation” means an obligation that arises from a rule of law rather than an enactment,

(b)

the reference to assistance being given in error is to be construed in accordance with paragraph 29(4).

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Sch. para. 32 in force at 9.11.2020, see reg. 2