{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-further-methods-of-recovery-regulations-2026/regulation-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-further-methods-of-recovery-regulations-2026/regulation-18.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2026/1069",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Further Methods of Recovery) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-further-methods-of-recovery-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/18",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Making payments to the Secretary of State",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies to any payment which a bank must make to the Secretary of State, having deducted an amount under a direct deduction order in accordance with paragraph 1(4)(b) or 1(5)(b) of Schedule 3ZA (direct deduction orders).\n(2) The bank must pay the amount to the Secretary of State by—\n(a) automated credit transfer (or similar method), or\n(b) such other method as the Secretary of State may specify.\n(3) A payment must not be a consolidation or aggregate of multiple deductions taken by the bank unless—\n(a) all the deductions were made in respect of the same direct deduction order, or\n(b) the Secretary of State notifies the bank otherwise.\n(4) Where payment is made by automated credit transfer (or similar method), the bank must identify the payment using the unique reference stated in the direct deduction order.\n(5) The bank must make a payment before 5.00 p.m. on the second working day beginning with the day after the day on which it deducted the amount from the liable person’s account.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/1069/regulation/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:54:12.169058+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."
}