Military Veterans Act, 2011 (Act No. 18 of 2011)RegulationsMilitary Veterans Pension Regulations, 20255. Recovery of sums overpaid |
| (1) | If the Agency pays money to a person in reasonable belief that he or she is a bona fide military veteran, widow, widower or dependent and entitled thereto in terms of the Act or any law repealed by the Act , but he or she was not entitled thereof, the amount of money so paid is an amount due and payable to the State by such a person or, if he or she is deceased, by his or her estate. |
| (2) | The Agency must recover the amounts to which a person was not entitled, as contemplated in subsection (1), in accordance with the Public Finance Management Act, 1999. |
| (3) | The Minister shall remit an amount owing by a person in terms of subsection (1) if such a person satisfies the Minister that he or she received the amount without knowing if he or she was not entitled thereto. |