17.103—Exceptions to notice requirements.

(a) In cases where the notice requirements specified in § 17.102 already have been provided to the debtor in connection with the same debt under some other proceeding, the Secretary is not required to duplicate those requirements before effecting administrative offset.

(b) The Secretary may effect administrative offset against a payment to be made to a debtor before completion of the procedures required by § 17.102 if (1) failure to make the offset would substantially prejudice the Government's ability to collect the debt, and (2) the time before the payment is to be made does not reasonably permit the completion of those procedures. Such prior offset must be followed promptly by the completion of those procedures. Amounts recovered by offset but later found not to be owed to the Secretary will be refunded promptly.

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17.103—Exceptions to notice requirements.