Application of section 113 of the 1992 ActS
22.—(1) Section 113 (breach of regulations) of the 1992 Act(1) has effect, for the purposes of the administration of the Scheme, as if paragraph (2) had been made under it, and subject to the modifications in paragraph (3).
(2) A person who fails to comply with regulation 12 (change of circumstances affecting eligibility for the Scheme) is guilty of an offence under these Regulations.
(3) The modifications mentioned in paragraph (1) are that section 113 of the 1992 Act is to be read as if—
(a)after subsection (1A)(a) there is inserted—
“(aa)section 13 of the Social Security Act 1988 or subordinate legislation made, or having effect as if made, under it,”, and
(b)in subsection (3) paragraph (b) were omitted.
Section 113 was relevantly amended by paragraph 7(2) of schedule 6 of the 2000 Act and paragraph 1 of schedule 2 of the National Insurance Contributions and Statutory Payments Act 2004 (c.3).