|
|
Repayment of amounts due to be deferred, suspended or cancelled.
|
17.— The Principal Act is amended by substituting the following section for section 342:
|
|
| |
“Repayment of amounts due to be deferred, suspended, reduced or cancelled.
|
|
| |
342.— Notwithstanding anything to the contrary and subject to section 342A, where a person is required to repay an amount of any—
|
|
| |
(a) benefit described in section 39(1),
|
|
| |
(b) assistance described in section 139(1),
|
|
| |
(c) child benefit,
|
|
| |
(d) respite care grant,
|
|
| |
(e) family income supplement,
|
|
| |
(f) continued payment for qualified children, or
|
|
| |
(g) payment pursuant to section 239,
|
|
| |
in accordance with this Act—
|
|
| |
(i) an officer of the Minister authorised by him or her for this purpose, or
|
|
| |
(ii) the Executive, in the case of supplementary welfare allowance,
|
|
| |
may, subject to the conditions and in the circumstances that shall be prescribed, defer, suspend, reduce or cancel repayment of any such amount.”.
|
