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The Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002
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13.—(1) Where a person fraudulently or negligently—
(a)makes any incorrect statement or declaration in connection with establishing entitlement to statutory paternity pay, or
(b)provides any incorrect information or document of a kind mentioned in regulations under Article 11(1) so far as relating to statutory paternity pay,
he shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £300.
(2) Where a person fraudulently or negligently—
(a)makes any incorrect statement or declaration in connection with establishing entitlement to statutory adoption pay, or
(b)provides any incorrect information or document of a kind mentioned in regulations under Article 11(1) so far as relating to statutory adoption pay,
he shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £3,000.
(3) Where an employer fraudulently or negligently makes incorrect payments of statutory paternity pay, he shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £300.
(4) Where an employer fraudulently or negligently makes incorrect payments of statutory adoption pay, he shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £3,000.
(5) Where an employer fraudulently or negligently—
(a)produces any incorrect document or record, provides any incorrect information or makes any incorrect return, of a kind mentioned in regulations under Article 9, or
(b)receives incorrect payments in pursuance of regulations under Article 8,
he shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £3,000 or, if the offence relates only to statutory paternity pay, £300.
(6) Schedule 1 (penalties: procedure and appeals) has effect in relation to penalties under this Article.
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