{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-supplementary-payment-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2017/regulation-10A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-supplementary-payment-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2017/regulation-10A.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2017/28",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare Supplementary Payment (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-supplementary-payment-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2017",
  "path": "regulation/10A",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "10A",
  "heading": "Deductions from benefits (universal credit cases)",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies where an overpayment has been made in respect of a person who was entitled to universal credit when the overpayment was made.\n(2) The Department may, in the case of a person from whom an amount is recoverable, recover the outstanding amount (subject to regulation 7(1)(b)) by making deductions from such amounts as are payable by way of relevant benefit in that person’s case.\n(3) Each of the benefits listed in Schedule 1 is a “relevant benefit”.\n(4) In the case of employment and support allowance, a deduction under this regulation for any period for which the allowance is payable in that person’s case, must not exceed an amount calculated using the formula-\nP×AWhere—\nP is the percentage rate specified in regulation 13(2) of the Overpayment Regulations; and\nA is the age related amount applicable to that person for the time being specified in regulation 62(1)(b) of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016.\n(5) In the case of jobseeker’s allowance, a deduction under this regulation for any period for which the allowance is payable in that person’s case, must not exceed an amount calculated using the formula-\nP×AWhere—\nP is the percentage rate specified in regulation 12(2) of the Overpayment Regulations; and\nA is the age related amount applicable to that person for the time being specified in regulation 49 of the Jobseekers Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016.\n(6) In the case of state pension credit, a deduction under this regulation for any period for which the credit is payable in that person’s case must not exceed an amount calculated using the formula-\nP×AWhere—\nP is the percentage rate specified in regulation 14(2)(b) of the Overpayment Regulations; and\nA is the amount of the standard allowance for a single claimant aged 25 or over for the time being specified in regulation 38 of the Universal Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016.\n(7) In the case of any other relevant benefit, a deduction under this regulation may, for any week for which the benefit is payable in that person’s case, be made at the rate of not more than one-third of the amount of the benefit that is for the time being applicable to that person.\n(8) Where the amount deductible under this regulation is not a multiple of 5 pence, it is to be rounded up to the next higher multiple of 5 pence.\n(9) Paragraph (9) and (10) of regulation 10 apply for the purposes of this regulation as they apply for the purposes of that regulation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 10A inserted (temp. until 31.3.2028) (20.3.2025) by The Welfare Supplementary Payment (Universal Credit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 (S.R. 2025/60), regs. 1(2), 13(1)(c) (with reg. 1(3))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2017/28/regulation/10A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:53:20.088426+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."
}