Supplementary Benefit (Guernsey) (Amendment) (No. 2) Law, 2014

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The Supplementary Benefit (Guernsey) (Amendment) (No. 2) Law, 2014

THE STATES, in pursuance of their Resolution of the 12^th November, 2014[a], have approved the following provisions which, subject to the Sanction of Her Most Excellent Majesty in Council, shall have force of law in the Islands of Guernsey, Herm and Jethou.

Amendment of Law of 1971.

1. Section 6 of the Supplementary Benefit (Guernsey) Law, 1971[b] (the "Law of 1971") is amended as follows -

(a) in subsection (1) -

(i) immediately after "a grant in", insert ", or loan of,", and

(ii) immediately after "single payment", insert ", or series of payments, ", and

(b) immediately after subsection (1), insert the following subsections -

"(1A) A grant of money under subsection (1) -

(a) may be subject to conditions as determined by the Department, and

(b) in the event of failure to comply with any such conditions, may be recovered as a civil debt due to the Department or by way of a deduction made from any benefit payable under or by virtue of -

(i) this Law, or

(ii) any other Law under or by virtue of which a benefit or payment administered by the Department is made or available.

(1B) A loan of money under subsection (1) -

(a) shall be repaid in accordance with the terms and conditions of the loan agreed with the Department, and

(b) in the event of non-payment, or breach of any such terms and conditions, may be recovered as a civil debt due to the Department.".

Interpretation.

2. Any reference in this Law to an enactment is a reference thereto as from time to time amended, re-enacted (with or without modification), extended or applied.

Citation.

3. This Law may be cited as the Supplementary Benefit (Guernsey) (Amendment) (No. 2) Law, 2014.

[a]	Article V of Billet d'État No. XXI of 2014.
[b]	Ordres en Conseil Vol. XXIII, p. 26 Vol. XXVI, p. 292; Vol. XXXI, p. 278 and Vol. XXXIX, p. 107; has effect in Alderney by Recueil d'Ordonnances Tome XVII, p. 168; Tome XXIV, p. 468 and Tome XXVI, pp. 177 and 317 and as varied by Tome XXXIII, p. 649 and Ordinance No. VII of 2010.