Regulation 17 Recovery from couples

In the case of an overpayment of income supportF1, or state pension creditF2, or income-based jobseeker’s allowance F3or income-related employment and support allowance F4... to one of F5a couple, the amount recoverable by deduction, in accordance with regulation 15, may be recovered by deduction from income support, or state pension credit, or income-based jobseeker’s allowance or income-related employment and support allowance ... payable to either of them, provided that the two of them are a couple at the date of the deduction.