Legislation – Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Act 2025
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Part 1Functions exercisable on behalf of public authorities
Chapter 4Methods of recovery
Recovery from bank accounts etc
32Suspension of direct deduction orders
(1)
The Minister may suspend and re-start the requirement to make deductions and payments under a regular direct deduction order at any time by notifying the bank to which the order was given.
(2)
The Minister must notify the liable person and, in the case of a joint account, each other account holder if the requirement is suspended or re-started under this section.
(3)
Where the requirement is suspended for a continuous period of 2 years the regular direct deduction order in question is to be treated as having been revoked at the end of that period.
(4)
Where a regular direct deduction order is treated as having been revoked by virtue of subsection (3), the Minister must give notice to that effect to—
(a)
the bank to which the order was given,
(b)
the liable person, and
(c)
in the case of a joint account, each of the other account holders.
(5)
Subsection (3) does not prevent the Minister making a further regular direct deduction order in respect of the same liable person and account.