Legislation – Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Act 2025
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- s. 18 coming into force by S.I. 2026/371 reg. 2(a)
Part 1Functions exercisable on behalf of public authorities
Chapter 4Methods of recovery
Recovery from bank accounts etc
18Accounts which may be subject to a direct deduction order
(1)
The Minister may make a direct deduction order in respect of any account which—
(a)
is held by a liable person, and
(b)
contains an amount in which the Minister considers the liable person has a beneficial interest.
(2)
The Minister may make a direct deduction order in respect of a joint account only if the liable person does not hold a sole account in respect of which a deduction order may be made which would be likely to result in the recovery of the payable amount within a reasonable period of time.
(3)
But subsection (2) does not apply if all the joint account holders are liable persons in relation to the same payable amount.