Interest and Administrative Charges Regulations

6 (1) If a person has received an overpayment or erroneous payment, interest is payable by the person on any amount that is not repaid by its due date and accrues as specified in section 5, during the period beginning on the due date and ending on the day before the day on which repayment is received by Her Majesty or an authorized agent of Her Majesty.

(2) If a person has received an overpayment or erroneous payment as a result of fraud, falsification of documents, wilful misrepresentation or any other offence committed by that person or by any other person acting on behalf of that person, unless provided otherwise by an order of a court, interest is payable by that person on the amount owing on account of the overpayment or erroneous payment and accrues as specified in section 5, during the period beginning on the day on which the overpayment or erroneous payment is made and ending on the day before the day on which repayment is received by Her Majesty or an authorized agent of Her Majesty.

(3) Nothing in subsection (1) shall prevent a deputy head from entering into an arrangement with a person that calls for repayment to be made in instalments and interest to accrue and be paid on the total amount outstanding.