{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-administration-act-1992/schedule-3ZA/paragraph-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-administration-act-1992/schedule-3ZA/paragraph-7.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1992/5",
  "legislation_title": "Social Security Administration Act 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-administration-act-1992",
  "path": "schedule/3ZA/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Content and effect of direct deduction orders",
  "text": "(1) A regular direct deduction order must specify—\n(a) the amounts to be deducted (see paragraph 6),\n(b) when those amounts are to be deducted and paid to the Secretary of State, and\n(c) the penalties that may be imposed for a failure to comply (see paragraph 20).\n(2) A regular direct deduction order may specify different amounts to be deducted at different times.\n(3) A lump sum direct deduction order must specify—\n(a) the amount to be deducted,\n(b) when the amount is to be deducted and paid to the Secretary of State, and\n(c) the penalties that may be imposed for a failure to comply (see paragraph 20).\n(4) A direct deduction order may not require an amount to be deducted from a person’s account before the end of the period of 1 month beginning with the day after the day on which the Secretary of State complies with paragraph 1(7).\n(5) A bank must comply with a direct deduction order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 3ZA inserted (2.12.2025 but only for the purposes of making regulations, 24.6.2026 in so far as not already in force) by Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Act 2025 (c. 28), s. 109(2)(b), Sch. 5 (with s. 105); S.I. 2026/601, reg. 2(1)(g)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/5/schedule/3ZA/paragraph/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:36:26.977425+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."
}