Section 71ZF | Adjustment of benefit

Regulations may for the purpose of the recovery of amounts recoverable under section 71ZB make provision—^F1

(a)for treating any amount paid to a person under an award which it is subsequently determined was not payable—^F1

(i)as properly paid, or^F1

(ii)as paid on account of a payment which it is determined should be or should have been made,^F1

and for reducing or withholding arrears payable by virtue of the subsequent determination;

(b)for treating any amount paid to one person in respect of another as properly paid for any period for which it is not payable in cases where in consequence of a subsequent determination—^F1

(i)the other person is entitled to a payment for that period, or^F1

(ii)a third person is entitled in priority to the payee to a payment for that period in respect of the other person,^F1

and by reducing or withholding any arrears payable for that period by virtue of the subsequent determination.