Part 5Social security: general

Loss of benefit

121Cautions

1

In section 6B of the Social Security Fraud Act 2001 (loss of benefit in case of conviction, penalty or caution for benefit offence)—

a

in the heading, for “penalty or caution” there is substituted “ or penalty ”;

b

in subsection (1), after paragraph (a) there is inserted “or”;

c

subsection (1)(c) (cautions) is repealed;

d

in subsection (13), in the definition of “disqualifying event”, after “(1)(a)” there is inserted “or“.

2

In section 36A of the Tax Credits Act 2002 (loss of tax working tax credit in case of conviction, penalty or caution for benefit offence) subsection (1)(c) (cautions) is repealed.