# Social Security Administration Act 1992, Section 71ZF: Adjustment of benefit


Regulations may for the purpose of the recovery of amounts recoverable under section 71ZB make provision—
(a) for treating any amount paid to a person under an award which it is subsequently determined was not payable—
(i) as properly paid, or
(ii) as paid on account of a payment which it is determined should be or should have been made,
and for reducing or withholding arrears payable by virtue of the subsequent determination;
(b) for treating any amount paid to one person in respect of another as properly paid for any period for which it is not payable in cases where in consequence of a subsequent determination—
(i) the other person is entitled to a payment for that period, or
(ii) a third person is entitled in priority to the payee to a payment for that period in respect of the other person,
and by reducing or withholding any arrears payable for that period by virtue of the subsequent determination.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/5/section/71ZF (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-administration-act-1992/section-71ZF
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