The Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998

Northern Ireland Order in Council 1998 No. 1506 — creates 9 criminal offences.

Made

24 June 1998

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 Act 1998

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, which is made only for purposes corresponding to those of the Social Security Act 1998, replaces the procedures for decision-making and appeals in social security and child support and makes other provisions with respect to contributions and benefits.

Offences created by this instrument

• Breach of regulations article 107(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Breach of regulations article 107(1)(a) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Breach of regulations article 107(1)(b) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Any person who is knowingly concerned in the fraudulent evasion of any contributions which he or any other person is… article 108(1) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
• Penalties relating to contributions article 108A(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Penalties relating to contributions article 108A(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Breach of regulations article 56 · Status not determined · Strict liability
• For section 108 of the Administration Act there shall be substituted the following sections— Offences relating to… article 57 · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
• Penalties relating to contributions. 108A 1 If a person fails to pay, at or within the time prescribed for the… article 57 · Status not determined · Mixed — some elements strict, some not

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 1998