(1) The personal representative of a person who was at any time in receipt of assistance shall, not less than 3 months before beginning to distribute the assets of that person -

(a) inform the Minister, by written notice delivered to the Minister, of his or her intention to distribute the assets, and provide the Minister with a schedule of the assets of the estate, and

(b) where requested in writing by the Minister within 3 months of giving the notice and schedule of assets referred to in paragraph (a), ensure that sufficient assets are retained, to the extent (if any) appropriate, to repay any sum which may be determined to be due to the Minister or the State (as the case may be) in respect of -

(i) payment of assistance to the person at a time when the person was not entitled to receive assistance, or

(ii) payment of assistance to the person of an amount in excess of the amount which the person was entitled to receive.