The Social Security Administration (Fraud) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997

Northern Ireland Order in Council 1997 No. 1182 — creates 5 criminal offences.

Made

8 April 1997

In force from

Not determined

Extent

Not stated

Subject

Housing, planning, heritage and land

Made under

Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Act 1974, Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

This Order is made only for relevant purposes within the meaning of section 23(5) of the Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997. The Order amends the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 in respect of the prevention and detection of benefit fraud and the manner in which benefits (in particular housing benefit) are administered.

Offences created by this instrument

• Dishonest representations for obtaining benefit etc article 105A(1) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
• Dishonest representations for obtaining benefit etc. 105A 1 If a person dishonestly— a makes a false statement or… article 12 · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
• Powers of investigation article 128B(3) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• In section 106 of the Administration Act (offence of making false representation etc. for obtaining benefit or for… article 13 · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
• Unauthorised disclosure by officials article 4(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability

How Parliament handled it

Parliament's Statutory Instruments service records procedure from May 2017 onwards, and this instrument predates it. That is a limit of the source, not a statement that nothing happened.

Check the source

• This instrument on legislation.gov.uk The authoritative text, including amendments made since
• Other instruments from 1997