Children’s Special Allowances Act

Marginal note:Return of special allowance where recipient not entitled

• 9 (1) Any person, department, agency or institution that has received or obtained by cheque or otherwise payment of a special allowance under this Act to which the person, department, agency or institution is not entitled, or payment in excess of the amount to which the person, department, agency or institution is entitled, shall, as soon as possible, return the cheque or the amount of the payment, or the excess amount, as the case may be.

• Marginal note:Recovery of amount of payment as debt due to Her Majesty

  (2) Where a person, department, agency or institution has received or obtained payment of a special allowance under this Act to which the person, department, agency or institution is not entitled, or payment in excess of the amount to which the person, department, agency or institution is entitled, the amount of the special allowance or the amount of the excess, as the case may be, constitutes a debt due to Her Majesty.

• Marginal note:Deduction from subsequent special allowance

  (3) Where any person, department, agency or institution has received or obtained payment of a special allowance under this Act to which the person, department, agency or institution is not entitled, or payment in excess of the amount to which the person, department, agency or institution is entitled, the amount of the special allowance or the amount of the excess, as the case may be, may be deducted and retained in such manner as is prescribed out of any special allowance to which the person, department, agency or institution is or subsequently becomes entitled under this Act.