[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1, Parts 1 to 699]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR550.206]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 550--PAY ADMINISTRATION (GENERAL)--Table of Contents
 
                       Subpart B--Advances in Pay
 
Sec. 550.206  Waiver of repayment.

    The head of an agency may waive in whole or in part a right of 
recovery of

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an advance payment under 5 U.S.C. 5524a and this subpart if he or she 
determines that recovery would be against equity and good conscience or 
against the public interest under criteria established by the agency.