Clause 38 - Extent
Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Bill [Lords]
9:45 am
Mr Paul Goggins (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Home Office; Wythenshawe and Sale East, Labour)
I can give an absolute assurance. The CICA would make the payment; then, separately, it would be able to use the new powers to recover the money from the offender. However, the one would not be contingent on the other.
The information that I have just outlined would have to be contained in the notice. That is an important safeguard for an offender. If an offender objects, the arrangements provide that the CICA must formally to review that objection and that that review must be conducted by a person other than the one who took the original decision to issue a recovery notice; that is another important safeguard. If the offender's objection is unsuccessful, or if no objection is lodged, the CICA can then initiate recovery action through the civil courts. In practice, that means that it will seek to recover the money by normal debt recovery action.