Legislation – Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Act 2025
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Part 1Functions exercisable on behalf of public authorities
Chapter 1Key concepts
1Core functions of the Minister for the Cabinet Office
(1)
The Minister for the Cabinet Office (“the Minister”) has the following functions (“the core functions”)—
(a)
investigating suspected fraud against public authorities,
(b)
recovering amounts mentioned in subsection (2),
(c)
taking enforcement action in connection with fraud against public authorities, and
(d)
providing support to public authorities in relation to preventing and tackling fraud against them.
(2)
The amounts are—
(a)
payments made as a result of fraud or error that—
(i)
the Minister has identified or confirmed during the course of an investigation in respect of suspected fraud against a public authority, and
(ii)
the public authority is entitled to recover,
(b)
any other amount that a public authority is entitled to recover in respect of fraud, and
(c)
any interest that a public authority is entitled to recover in respect of an amount within paragraph (a) or (b).
(3)
In this Part, amounts within subsection (2) are referred to as “recoverable amounts”.