http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1222/article/2/made

The Social Security Fraud Act 2001 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2002

Fraud

Benefits

Housing benefit

Benefits fraud

King's Printer of Acts of Parliament

2017-06-08

SOCIAL SECURITY

This Order provides for the coming into force of further provisions of the Social Security Fraud Act 2001 (“the Fraud Act”) on 30th April 2002:section 1 (subsections (4) and (9) of which were commenced on 26th February 2002) provides additional powers for obtaining information, while sections 2 and 4 make provision for electronic access to, and for payments in respect of, information;section 6 enables the Secretary of State to give directions to local authorities in relation to the supply by them of housing benefit information;sections 14 and 15 relate to provision for civil penalties as an alternative to prosecution for benefit offences;section 17 removes the time limit for proceedings in Scotland for an offence under section 111A of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (“the 1992 Act”);section 18 provides for abbreviated references to the 1992 Act within the Fraud Act; andsection 19 provides for the repeal of enactments mentioned in the Schedule to the Fraud Act.