Offences made under the Social Security Act 1998

3 statutory instruments made under this Act create 11 criminal offences between them.

These are offences created by secondary legislation made under the Act — not the offences in the Act itself. An Act that creates a power to make regulations, and regulations that then create offences, is the ordinary route by which most of the criminal law is made, and it is the route this report follows.

Instruments made under it

• The Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 1998 · 9 offences
• The Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 2006 · 1 offence
• The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006 2006 · 1 offence