Regulation 21 Application of section 112 of the 1992 ActI1

Scotland

(1)

Section 112 (false representations for obtaining benefit etc.) of the 1992 Act^f1 has effect, for the purposes of the administration of the Scheme, subject to the modifications in paragraph (2).

(2)

The modifications mentioned in paragraph (1) are that section 112(1) of the 1992 Act is to be read as if—

(a)

in subsection (1)—

(i)

“benefit or other” were deleted,

(ii)

“the relevant social security legislation” were substituted by “a scheme made under section 13 of the Social Security Act 1988”, and

(iii)

“that legislation” were a reference to “such a scheme”, and

(b)

subsections (1A) to (1F) were omitted.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 21 in force at 21.3.2021, see reg. 1(2)

Footnotes

f1: 1992 c.5. Section 112 was relevantly amended by paragraph 4(2) of schedule 1 of the Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997 (c.47), paragraph 6 of schedule 6 of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c.19) (“the 2002 Act”) and section 16(3) of the Social Security Fraud Act 2001 (c.11).