Housing Act 2001
73Recovery of amounts due to Corporation and Secretary
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73 Recovery of amounts due to Corporation and Secretary
73 Recovery of amounts due to Corporation and Secretary
(1) Any charge, fee or other money due to the Corporation may be recovered by the Corporation as a debt in a court of competent jurisdiction.
(2) The Corporation may recover an amount awarded to it by a court in proceedings against a person for the recovery of money by reducing or cancelling, in accordance with Part 7, any rental rebate to which the person may otherwise be entitled.
(3) The Secretary may, by written notice, require a person to repay an amount paid to the person (or on the person’s behalf) by the Secretary by way of a rental subsidy if the Secretary is satisfied that the person is not entitled to the amount because the person obtained the amount by fraud.
(4) Any such amount is recoverable by the Secretary as a debt due to the Crown.
s 73: Am 2008 No 7, Sch 1 [4]; 2018 No 45, Sch 2 [22].