PART XI EXCESS BENEFITS

86 Person from whom recovery may be sought
1 Subject to paragraph (2) recoverable excess benefits shall be due from the claimant or the person to whom the excess benefits were allowed.
2 Where recoverable excess benefits are allowed to a claimant who has one or more partners, recovery of the excess may be made by deduction from any community charge benefits allowed to a partner, provided that the claimant and that partner were members of the same household both at the time that the excess benefits are allowed and when the deduction is made.