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(b)an officer or person acting for that authority
(b)an officer or person acting for that authority;
(c)an officer of—
(i)the Department for Work and Pensions; or
(ii)Revenue and Customs,
acting as such; or
(d)a person providing services to the Department for Work and Pensions or to the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs,
where the claimant, a person acting on his behalf or any other person to whom the payment is made, did not cause or materially contribute to that mistake, act or omission.
In summary housing benefit overpayments are, therefore, generally recoverable. The only exception to this general rule is if:
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- E FITZPATRICK
- The appeal to the First-tier Tribunal
- The Proceedings before the Upper Tribunal
- The legislation
- Subject to paragraph (4) this paragraph applies to an overpayment [ which arose in consequence of ] an official error where the claimant or a person acting on his behalf or any other person to whom th
- In paragraph (2), “overpayment [ which arose in consequence of an official error ] ” means an overpayment caused by a mistake made whether in the form of an act or omission by—(a)the relevant authorit
- (b)an officer or person acting for that authority
- the overpayment was caused by an official error which no relevant person caused or contributed to; and
- D uty to notify changes of circumstances
- (a)in writing; or Conclusions