79Review of advances

79 Review of advances

(1) Where an advance has not been adjusted by reason of the failure of the person to whom the advance was made to comply with the last preceding regulation or with a requirement referred to in that regulation, the Authorizing Officer shall inform an authorized officer of that failure.

(2) Where an Authorizing Officer is of the opinion that the amount of an advance is excessive, he shall inform an authorized officer that he is of that opinion.

(3) The authorized officer shall take all steps that he considers necessary to recover:

(a) the amount for which an advance has not been adjusted in accordance with the last preceding regulation; and

(b) the amount by which he considers any advance is excessive.

(4) For the purposes of this regulation:

Authorizing Officer, in a case where particulars of an advance have been entered in the register of advances kept by an Authorizing Officer other than the Authorizing Officer by whom the payment of the account for the advance was authorized, means that first-mentioned Authorizing Officer.