{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-recovery-of-benefits-act-1997/section-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-recovery-of-benefits-act-1997/section-16.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1997/27",
  "legislation_title": "Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-recovery-of-benefits-act-1997",
  "path": "section/16",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Payments into court.",
  "text": "(1) Regulations may make provision (including provision modifying this Act) for any case in which a payment into court is made.\n(2) The regulations may (among other things) provide—\n(a) for the making of a payment into court to be treated in prescribed circumstances as the making of a compensation payment,\n(b) for application for, and issue of, certificates of recoverable benefits, and\n(c) for the relevant period to be treated as ending on a date determined in accordance with the regulations.\n(3) Rules of court may make provision governing practice and procedure in such cases.\n(4) This section does not extend to Scotland.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 16 wholly in force at 6.10.1997; s. 16 was not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 34(2); s. 16(1)(2) in force for specified purposes at 3.9.1997 by S.I. 1997/2087, art. 2(1); s. 16 wholly in force at 6.10.1997 insofar as not already in force by S.I. 1997/2085, reg. 2(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/27/section/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:26:12.739105+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."
}