# The Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002, Article 13: Penalties: fraud, etc.

Extent: N.I.

(1) Where a person fraudulently or negligently—
(a) makes any incorrect statement or declaration in connection with establishing entitlement to statutory paternity pay or statutory parental bereavement 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 or statutory parental bereavement 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 statutory shared parental 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 or statutory shared parental 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 or statutory parental bereavement 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 or statutory shared parental 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 or statutory parental bereavement pay , £300.
(6) Schedule 1 (penalties: procedure and appeals) has effect in relation to penalties under this Article.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2002/2836/article/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/employment-northern-ireland-order-2002/article-13
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