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5.1 Reasons for Income Support Pension Overpayments
- omission - unintentional failure to notify
- failure to notify
- misrepresentation
- loss of eligibility
- administrative error/delay
- dual payments
- unauthorised payments - such as failing to meet residency requirements/payments after death
- Part IIIC compensation recovery rules apply.
Note:It should be noted that all of the above causes of income support overpayments may be caused as a result of fraudulent activity with the exception of administrative error or delay.