Section 29Part 6 — GENERAL
Recovery of money improperly paid or overpaid
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The Director may require a recipient to repay a sum of money improperly paid or overpaid under a payment of financial assistance and may suspend further such payments until the sum of money improperly paid or overpaid is recovered.
The Director may waive the repayment of an overpayment or the repayment of a sum of money improperly paid, or may require the recipient to pay a reduced amount where —
the Director is satisfied that a recipient has exercised due care and diligence to avoid the overpayment or the sum of money improperly paid; or
the Director determines that the recovery of an overpayment or the recovery of a sum of money improperly paid from a recipient or, in the event of the recipient's death, from the recipient's estate, would cause undue hardship to the recipient or to a member of the recipient's household benefitting directly or indirectly from the financial assistance.
Where a sum is required to be repaid by a recipient under subsection (1), the Director may recover the sum as a debt owing to Government in a court of competent jurisdiction.