#2026/668Public Sector Fraud and Error Recovery Regulations 2026
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The regulations set out practical rules for using direct deduction orders to recover money linked to public sector fraud or error in England and Wales. They explain how the Minister, banks, and affected individuals or businesses can send formal documents, notices, information, notifications, and applications.
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Key Changes
- Creates procedural rules for direct deduction orders used to recover public sector fraud or error debts
- Allows documents and information to be sent by post or electronic communication
- Sets deemed delivery timing for documents sent by first class or second class post
Obligations
What this law requires
When the Minister sends a relevant document to a bank, the Minister may send it by post to the bank’s last notified address and/or by electronic communication to the bank’s last notified electronic communication address.
When the Minister sends a relevant document to a person other than a bank, the Minister may send it by post to the person’s last known or notified address and/or by electronic communication to the person’s last notified electronic communication address.
When a bank sends a relevant document or information to the Minister, the bank may send it by post to the Minister’s relevant correspondence address and/or by electronic communication to the Minister’s relevant electronic communication address.
When a person other than a bank sends a relevant document or information to the Minister, the person may send it by post to the Minister’s relevant correspondence address and/or by electronic communication to the Minister’s relevant electronic communication address.