Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992

[F1 107B Statutory sick pay and statutory maternity pay: fraud and negligence N.I.

(1) Where a person fraudulently or negligently—

(a) makes any incorrect statement or declaration in connection with establishing entitlement to statutory sick pay or statutory maternity pay, or

(b) produces any incorrect document or record or provides any incorrect information of a kind mentioned in—

(i) regulations under section 5(1)(j) and (4), so far as relating to statutory sick pay or statutory maternity pay,

(ii) regulations under section 122 or 124, or

(iii) regulations under section 149(5)(b) [F2 or 155B] of the Contributions and Benefits Act,

he is liable to a penalty not exceeding £3,000.

(2) Where an employer fraudulently or negligently makes an incorrect payment of statutory sick pay or statutory maternity pay, he is liable to a penalty not exceeding £3,000.

[F3 (2A) Where an employer fraudulently or negligently receives a payment in pursuance of regulations under section 155B of the Contributions and Benefits Act (funding of employers' statutory sick pay liabilities in relation to coronavirus), the employer is liable to a penalty not exceeding £3,000.]

(3) Where an employer fraudulently or negligently receives an overpayment in pursuance of regulations under section 163 of the Contributions and Benefits Act (statutory maternity pay: advance payments to employers), he is liable to a penalty not exceeding £3,000.

(4) Schedule 1 to the Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 (penalties relating to statutory paternity pay and statutory adoption pay: procedures and appeals) applies in relation to penalties imposed under this section (with the modifications set out in subsection (5)).

(5) That Schedule applies as if—

(a) references to a penalty under Article 12 or 13 of that Order were to a penalty under this section, and

(b) the provisions of the Taxes Management Act 1970 having effect in relation to an appeal mentioned in paragraph 3(2) of that Schedule did not include section 50(9) of that Act.]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 107A - S. 107B inserted (6.4.2005) by National Insurance Contributions and Statutory Payments Act 2004 (c. 3), ss. 10(5), 13; S.I. 2004/1943, art. 4(d)

F2 Words in s. 107B(1)(b)(iii) inserted (temp.) (25.3.2020) by virtue of Coronavirus Act 2020 (c. 7), ss. 42(3)(a), 87(1) (with ss. 88-90)

F3 S. 107B(2A) inserted (temp.) (25.3.2020) by virtue of Coronavirus Act 2020 (c. 7), ss. 42(3)(b), 87(1) (with ss. 88-90)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 107B expiry of earlier affecting provision 2020 c. 7, s. 42 (25.3.2022) by Coronavirus Act 2020 (c. 7), s. 89 (with s. 90)