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1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Social Security (Penalty as Alternative to Prosecution) (Maximum Amount) Order 2015 and comes into force on 1st April 2015.
(2) In this Order “the 1992 Act” means the Social Security Administration Act 1992.
(3) The amendment made by article 2 applies only in relation to an act or omission referred to in paragraph (a) of section 115A(1) of the 1992 Act (1) which appears, to the Secretary of State or the authority mentioned in that subsection, to have occurred wholly on or after 1st April 2015.
References in section 115A(1) to an authority (which refer to a local authority administering housing benefit or council tax benefit) are repealed by Part 1 of Schedule 14 to the 2012 Act, but those repeals are not yet fully in force.
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