Section 140C — Social Security Administration Act 1992: Payment of subsidy

Payment of subsidy 140C 1 Subsidy shall be paid by the Secretary of State in such instalments, at such times, in such manner and subject to such conditions as to claims, records, certificates, audit or otherwise as may be provided by order of the Secretary of State. 1A Conditions under subsection (1) above may (in particular) be imposed to obtain information for the purposes of the carrying-out by the Secretary of State of any of his functions relating to subsidy.

2 The order may provide that if an authority has not, within such period as may be specified in the order, complied with the conditions so specified as to claims, records, certificate, audit or otherwise, the Secretary of State may estimate the amount of subsidy payable to the authority and employ for that purpose such criteria as he considers relevant.

3 Where subsidy has been paid to an authority and it appears to the Secretary of State—

a that subsidy has been overpaid; or b that there has been a breach of any condition specified in an order under this section, he may recover from the authority the whole or such part of the payment as he may determine. Without prejudice to other methods of recovery, a sum recoverable under this subsection may be recovered by withholding or reducing subsidy.

4 An order made by the Secretary of State under this section may be made before, during or after the end of the year or years to which it relates.