An Act to make provision, for the purposes of the law relating to social security, about the obtaining and disclosure of information; and to make provision for restricting the payment of social security benefits and war pensions in the case of persons convicted of offences relating to such benefits or pensions and about the institution of proceedings for such offences; and for connected purposes.
[11th May 2001]
Obtaining and sharing information
1 Additional powers to obtain information
(1) The Administration Act shall be amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (1)(a) of section 109B (power to require information), after "subsection (2)" there shall be inserted "or (2A)"; and after subsection (2) (persons from whom information may be obtained) there shall be inserted- [for text see SSAA92 s.109B(2A)-(2F).]
(3) For subsection (5) of that section (protection from self incrimination) there shall be substituted- [for text see SSAA92 s.109B(5)].
(4) After that subsection there shall be inserted- [for text see SSAA92 s.109B(6)-(7)].
(5) In section 110A(8) (modifications for the application of sections 109B and 109C in the case of persons authorised by authorities administering housing benefit or council tax benefit), after paragraph (b) there shall be inserted "; and
(c) with the omission of section 109B(2D)."
(6) In section 111(1)(a) (offence of obstruction), for "inspector" there shall be substituted "authorised officer".
(7) In section 121DA(5) (interpretation of Part 6), for the definition of "benefit offence" there shall be substituted- [for text see SSAA92 s.109B(5)].
(8) In section 121DA(7) (definitions for the purposes of section 121DA), after "section" there shall be inserted- [for text see SSAA92 s.109B(7) - "relevant social security benefit"].
(9) In section 190(1) (instruments subject to affirmative Parliamentary procedure), after paragraph (a) there shall be inserted- [for text see SSAA92 s.190(1)(aza)]
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