57Recovery of overdue contributions and payments

57 Recovery of overdue contributions and payments

(1)  [Regulation 57 Subregulation (1) substituted by S.R. 2022, No. 11, Applied:31 Mar 2022] If any contributions or other payments that are required under these regulations, or were required under the former regulations, to be made by a contributor are, for any reason, in arrears, the Commission may determine an amount of interest that is payable, by the contributor, in relation to the amount in arrears.

(1A)  [Regulation 57 Subregulation (1A) inserted by S.R. 2022, No. 11, Applied:31 Mar 2022] If –

(a) any contributions or other payments that are required under these regulations, or were required under the former regulations, to be made by a contributor are, for any reason, in arrears; and

(b) the amount of the arrears, together with any interest that the Commission determines under subregulation (1) is payable on that amount, has not been otherwise paid to the Commission by the contributor –

the amount in arrears, together with the amount of the interest payable on that amount, may be deducted from the contributor’s salary in any instalments that the Commission determines, and the Agency by which the contributor is employed must cause the amount to be deducted accordingly and paid to the Commission.

(2)  The Commission may recover in a court of competent jurisdiction amounts payable to the Commission by any person, or may deduct them from any money payable under these regulations to, or in respect of, that person.

(3)  To avoid doubt, the Commission's powers under subregulations (1) and (2) are discretionary.